diff --git a/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm b/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
index 08a388104465..dc8c9f2d0d9c 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
+++ b/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
@@ -139,15 +139,14 @@ -(void)URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session didReceiveChallenge:(NSURLAuthenticati
     return;
   }
 
+  NSURLCredential *credential = [NSURLCredential credentialForTrust:challenge.protectionSpace.serverTrust];
   NSData *cryptKey = [key dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
   MMKV *mmkv = [MMKV mmkvWithID:@"default" cryptKey:cryptKey mode:MMKVMultiProcess];
   clientSSL = [mmkv getStringForKey:host];
-  NSData *data = [clientSSL dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-  id dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
-
-  NSURLCredential *credential = [NSURLCredential credentialForTrust:challenge.protectionSpace.serverTrust];
 
-  if (dict != (id)[NSNull null]) {
+  if ([clientSSL length] != 0) {
+    NSData *data = [clientSSL dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    id dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
     NSString *path = [dict objectForKey:@"path"];
     NSString *password = [dict objectForKey:@"password"];
     credential = [self getUrlCredential:challenge path:path password:password];
diff --git a/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTSRWebSocket.m b/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTSRWebSocket.m
index dd5ccc0b6f8c..c5b45e743d54 100644
--- a/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTSRWebSocket.m
+++ b/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTSRWebSocket.m
@@ -564,14 +564,12 @@ - (void)_initializeStreams
     NSData *cryptKey = [key dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
     MMKV *mmkv = [MMKV mmkvWithID:@"default" cryptKey:cryptKey mode:MMKVMultiProcess];
     clientSSL = [mmkv getStringForKey:host];
-    NSData *data = [clientSSL dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    id dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
-
-    if (dict != (id)[NSNull null]) {
-      NSString *path = [dict objectForKey:@"path"];
-      NSString *password = [dict objectForKey:@"password"];
-
-      [self setClientSSL:path password:password options:SSLOptions];
+    if ([clientSSL length] != 0) {
+        NSData *data = [clientSSL dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        id dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
+        NSString *path = [dict objectForKey:@"path"];
+        NSString *password = [dict objectForKey:@"password"];
+        [self setClientSSL:path password:password options:SSLOptions];
     }
 
     [_outputStream setProperty:SSLOptions