diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
index a15c46313ab..ea5e77036a0 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
@@ -341,9 +341,8 @@ void UIManager::configureNextLayoutAnimation(
     RawValue const &config,
     jsi::Value const &successCallback,
     jsi::Value const &failureCallback) const {
-  auto animationDelegate = animationDelegate_.load();
-  if (animationDelegate) {
-    animationDelegate->uiManagerDidConfigureNextLayoutAnimation(
+  if (animationDelegate_) {
+    animationDelegate_->uiManagerDidConfigureNextLayoutAnimation(
         runtime,
         config,
         std::move(successCallback),
@@ -431,15 +430,14 @@ void UIManager::setAnimationDelegate(UIManagerAnimationDelegate *delegate) {
 }
 
 void UIManager::stopSurfaceForAnimationDelegate(SurfaceId surfaceId) const {
-  auto animationDelegate = animationDelegate_.load();
-  if (animationDelegate) {
-    animationDelegate->stopSurface(surfaceId);
+  if (animationDelegate_ != nullptr) {
+    animationDelegate_->stopSurface(surfaceId);
   }
 }
 
 void UIManager::animationTick() {
-  auto animationDelegate = animationDelegate_.load();
-  if (animationDelegate && animationDelegate->shouldAnimateFrame()) {
+  if (animationDelegate_ != nullptr &&
+      animationDelegate_->shouldAnimateFrame()) {
     shadowTreeRegistry_.enumerate(
         [&](ShadowTree const &shadowTree, bool &stop) {
           shadowTree.notifyDelegatesOfUpdates();
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
index 13729bae024..ebb8a419bd0 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class UIManager final : public ShadowTreeDelegate {
 
   SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry componentDescriptorRegistry_;
   UIManagerDelegate *delegate_;
-  std::atomic<UIManagerAnimationDelegate *> animationDelegate_{nullptr};
+  UIManagerAnimationDelegate *animationDelegate_{nullptr};
   RuntimeExecutor const runtimeExecutor_{};
   ShadowTreeRegistry shadowTreeRegistry_{};
   BackgroundExecutor const backgroundExecutor_{};