diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index 0176c5290487f2..df3e443f96cd70 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -562,6 +562,11 @@ protected synchronized final void addRootViewGroup(
    */
   protected synchronized void dropView(View view) {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
+    if (mTagsToViewManagers.get(view.getId()) == null) {
+      // This view has already been dropped (likely due to a threading issue caused by async js
+      // execution). Ignore this drop operation.
+      return;
+    }
     if (!mRootTags.get(view.getId())) {
       // For non-root views we notify viewmanager with {@link ViewManager#onDropInstance}
       resolveViewManager(view.getId()).onDropViewInstance(view);