diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
index 7ab391cce51cf7..6b3dcd267e1a4e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ public YogaNodeJNIBase getChildAt(int i) {
   }
 
   public void addChildAt(YogaNode c, int i) {
+    if (!(c instanceof YogaNodeJNIBase)) {
+      return;
+    }
     YogaNodeJNIBase child = (YogaNodeJNIBase) c;
     if (child.mOwner != null) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Child already has a parent, it must be removed first.");
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ public boolean isReferenceBaseline() {
   }
 
   public void swapChildAt(YogaNode newChild, int position) {
+    if (!(newChild instanceof YogaNodeJNIBase)) {
+      return;
+    }
     YogaNodeJNIBase child = (YogaNodeJNIBase) newChild;
     mChildren.remove(position);
     mChildren.add(position, child);
@@ -223,6 +229,9 @@ public boolean isDirty() {
 
   @Override
   public void copyStyle(YogaNode srcNode) {
+    if (!(srcNode instanceof YogaNodeJNIBase)) {
+      return;
+    }
     YogaNative.jni_YGNodeCopyStyleJNI(mNativePointer, ((YogaNodeJNIBase) srcNode).mNativePointer);
   }