diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/StateWrapperImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/StateWrapperImpl.java
index a40bcaca7ba..6a461623e99 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/StateWrapperImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/StateWrapperImpl.java
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ public class StateWrapperImpl implements StateWrapper {
   public native void updateStateWithFailureCallbackImpl(
       @NonNull NativeMap map, Object self, int updateStateId);
 
-  @Override
-  public void updateState(@NonNull WritableMap map) {
-    mUpdateStateId++;
-    updateStateImpl((NativeMap) map);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void updateState(@NonNull WritableMap map, Runnable failureCallback) {
     mUpdateStateId++;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/FabricViewStateManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/FabricViewStateManager.java
index 454fd2bbb7d..f78eedad134 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/FabricViewStateManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/FabricViewStateManager.java
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ public class FabricViewStateManager {
             }
           };
     }
+    @Nullable WritableMap stateUpdate = stateUpdateCallback.getStateUpdate();
+    if (stateUpdate == null) {
+      return;
+    }
     stateWrapper.updateState(
-        stateUpdateCallback.getStateUpdate(),
+        stateUpdate,
         // Failure callback - this is run if the updateState call fails
         failureRunnable);
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper.java
index e56a16cd50f..51bbc14349a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/StateWrapper.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ public interface StateWrapper {
    */
   ReadableNativeMap getState();
 
-  /** Pass a map of values back to the C++ layer. */
-  void updateState(WritableMap map);
-
   /**
    * Pass a map of values back to the C++ layer. /Last/ runnable passed into updateState is called
    * if an updateState call fails.