diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index cd2b25044bd..d1e4b4eb10e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
     // Set default field values
     initView();
 
+    // If the view is still attached to a parent, we need to remove it from the parent
+    // before we can recycle it.
+    if (getParent() != null) {
+      ((ViewGroup) getParent()).removeView(this);
+    }
+
     BackgroundStyleApplicator.reset(this);
 
     // Defaults for these fields:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index da20629d4fa..65349b852e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup
     // Remove any children
     removeAllViews();
 
+    // If the view is still attached to a parent, we need to remove it from the parent
+    // before we can recycle it.
+    if (getParent() != null) {
+      ((ViewGroup) getParent()).removeView(this);
+    }
+
     // Reset background, borders
     updateBackgroundDrawable(null);