diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index f5b43205099..006398ac7d9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
 
   public static boolean enableLockFreeEventDispatcher = false;
 
+  public static boolean enableAggressiveEventEmitterCleanup = false;
+
   //
   // ScrollView C++ UpdateState vs onScroll race fixes
   //
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper.java
index 7938b793c5d..69d0e1c8a8a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/events/EventEmitterWrapper.java
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@ public class EventEmitterWrapper {
    * @param params {@link WritableMap} payload of the event
    */
   public void invoke(@NonNull String eventName, @Nullable WritableMap params) {
-    synchronized (mHybridData) {
-      if (!isValid()) {
-        return;
-      }
-      NativeMap payload = params == null ? new WritableNativeMap() : (NativeMap) params;
-      invokeEvent(eventName, payload);
+    if (!isValid()) {
+      return;
     }
+    NativeMap payload = params == null ? new WritableNativeMap() : (NativeMap) params;
+    invokeEvent(eventName, payload);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -66,20 +64,16 @@ public class EventEmitterWrapper {
    */
   public void invokeUnique(
       @NonNull String eventName, @Nullable WritableMap params, int customCoalesceKey) {
-    synchronized (mHybridData) {
-      if (!isValid()) {
-        return;
-      }
-      NativeMap payload = params == null ? new WritableNativeMap() : (NativeMap) params;
-      invokeUniqueEvent(eventName, payload, customCoalesceKey);
+    if (!isValid()) {
+      return;
     }
+    NativeMap payload = params == null ? new WritableNativeMap() : (NativeMap) params;
+    invokeUniqueEvent(eventName, payload, customCoalesceKey);
   }
 
   public void destroy() {
-    synchronized (mHybridData) {
-      if (mHybridData != null) {
-        mHybridData.resetNative();
-      }
+    if (mHybridData != null) {
+      mHybridData.resetNative();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
index cb2179bc6fb..9aa47320d35 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
@@ -1151,11 +1151,14 @@ void Binding::preallocateShadowView(
   }
 
   // Do not hold a reference to javaEventEmitter from the C++ side.
-  auto javaEventEmitter = EventEmitterWrapper::newObjectJavaArgs();
+  local_ref<EventEmitterWrapper::JavaPart> javaEventEmitter = nullptr;
   if (enableEarlyEventEmitterUpdate_) {
     SharedEventEmitter eventEmitter = shadowView.eventEmitter;
-    EventEmitterWrapper *cEventEmitter = cthis(javaEventEmitter);
-    cEventEmitter->eventEmitter = eventEmitter;
+    if (eventEmitter != nullptr) {
+      javaEventEmitter = EventEmitterWrapper::newObjectJavaArgs();
+      EventEmitterWrapper *cEventEmitter = cthis(javaEventEmitter);
+      cEventEmitter->eventEmitter = eventEmitter;
+    }
   }
 
   local_ref<ReadableMap::javaobject> props = castReadableMap(
@@ -1169,7 +1172,7 @@ void Binding::preallocateShadowView(
       component.get(),
       props.get(),
       (javaStateWrapper != nullptr ? javaStateWrapper.get() : nullptr),
-      javaEventEmitter.get(),
+      (javaEventEmitter != nullptr ? javaEventEmitter.get() : nullptr),
       isLayoutableShadowNode);
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/EventEmitterWrapper.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/EventEmitterWrapper.cpp
index afb73f9927a..b4e98990575 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/EventEmitterWrapper.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/EventEmitterWrapper.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ EventEmitterWrapper::initHybrid(jni::alias_ref<jclass>) {
 void EventEmitterWrapper::invokeEvent(
     std::string eventName,
     NativeMap *payload) {
-  eventEmitter->dispatchEvent(
-      eventName, payload->consume(), EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
+  // It is marginal, but possible for this to be constructed without a valid
+  // EventEmitter. In those cases, make sure we noop/blackhole events instead of
+  // crashing.
+  if (eventEmitter != nullptr) {
+    eventEmitter->dispatchEvent(
+        eventName, payload->consume(), EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
+  }
 }
 
 void EventEmitterWrapper::invokeUniqueEvent(
@@ -30,7 +35,12 @@ void EventEmitterWrapper::invokeUniqueEvent(
     NativeMap *payload,
     int customCoalesceKey) {
   // TODO: customCoalesceKey currently unused
-  eventEmitter->dispatchUniqueEvent(eventName, payload->consume());
+  // It is marginal, but possible for this to be constructed without a valid
+  // EventEmitter. In those cases, make sure we noop/blackhole events instead of
+  // crashing.
+  if (eventEmitter != nullptr) {
+    eventEmitter->dispatchUniqueEvent(eventName, payload->consume());
+  }
 }
 
 void EventEmitterWrapper::registerNatives() {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
index ba39ab4a613..f394b073c1a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.RetryableMountingLayerException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.SoftAssertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
+import com.facebook.react.config.ReactFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.events.EventEmitterWrapper;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager.MountItemExecutor;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.MountItem;
@@ -250,9 +251,11 @@ public class SurfaceMountingManager {
         viewState.mStateWrapper.destroyState();
         viewState.mStateWrapper = null;
       }
-      if (viewState.mEventEmitter != null) {
-        viewState.mEventEmitter.destroy();
-        viewState.mEventEmitter = null;
+      if (ReactFeatureFlags.enableAggressiveEventEmitterCleanup) {
+        if (viewState.mEventEmitter != null) {
+          viewState.mEventEmitter.destroy();
+          viewState.mEventEmitter = null;
+        }
       }
     }