diff --git a/private/react-native-fantom/runtime/setup.js b/private/react-native-fantom/runtime/setup.js
index 7a5c198aa3cc..e148564868c8 100644
--- a/private/react-native-fantom/runtime/setup.js
+++ b/private/react-native-fantom/runtime/setup.js
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ function runTest(): Array<TestCaseResult> {
     NativeFantom.startJSSamplingProfiler();
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('Could not start JS sampling profiler', e);
+    throw e;
   }
 
   try {