diff --git a/docs/_integration-with-existing-apps-kotlin.md b/docs/_integration-with-existing-apps-kotlin.md
index 0feda99ba54..fd6be7dc548 100644
--- a/docs/_integration-with-existing-apps-kotlin.md
+++ b/docs/_integration-with-existing-apps-kotlin.md
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ import android.app.Application;
 +import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost;
 +import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost;
 +import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
-+import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
++import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping;
 +import java.util.List;
 
 -class MainApplication extends Application {
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ import android.app.Application;
   @Override
   public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();
-+   SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping);
++   try {
++     SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping.INSTANCE);
++   } catch (IOException e) {
++     throw new RuntimeException(e);
++   }
 +   if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
 +     DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load();
 +   }