diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jstasks/HeadlessJsTaskContext.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jstasks/HeadlessJsTaskContext.java
index e4350d34cd9645..123c522579279c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jstasks/HeadlessJsTaskContext.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jstasks/HeadlessJsTaskContext.java
@@ -169,18 +169,16 @@ public void run() {
 
   /**
    * Finish a JS task. Doesn't actually stop the task on the JS side, only removes it from the list
-   * of active tasks and notifies listeners. A task can only be finished once.
+   * of active tasks and notifies listeners.
    *
    * @param taskId the unique id returned by {@link #startTask}.
    */
   public synchronized void finishTask(final int taskId) {
-    Assertions.assertCondition(
-        mActiveTasks.remove(taskId), "Tried to finish non-existent task with id " + taskId + ".");
-    Assertions.assertCondition(
-        mActiveTaskConfigs.remove(taskId) != null,
-        "Tried to remove non-existent task config with id " + taskId + ".");
+    boolean removed = mActiveTasks.remove(taskId);
+    mActiveTaskConfigs.remove(taskId);
     removeTimeout(taskId);
-    UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(
+    if (removed) {
+      UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(
         new Runnable() {
           @Override
           public void run() {
@@ -189,6 +187,7 @@ public void run() {
             }
           }
         });
+    }
   }
 
   private void removeTimeout(int taskId) {