diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
index 586d934c781..3a0c9280dea 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostView.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import android.view.WindowManager
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.annotation.UiThread
+import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog
 import com.facebook.react.R
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.GuardedRunnable
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeMap
+import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting
 import com.facebook.react.config.ReactFeatureFlags
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.JSPointerDispatcher
@@ -306,29 +308,37 @@ public class ReactModalHostView(context: ThemedReactContext) :
     val dialogWindow =
         checkNotNull(dialog.window) { "dialog must have window when we call updateProperties" }
     val currentActivity = getCurrentActivity()
-    if (currentActivity == null || currentActivity.isFinishing) {
+    if (currentActivity == null || currentActivity.isFinishing || currentActivity.isDestroyed) {
       // If the activity has disappeared, then we shouldn't update the window associated to the
       // Dialog.
       return
     }
-    val activityWindow = currentActivity.window
-    if (activityWindow != null) {
-      val activityWindowFlags = activityWindow.attributes.flags
-      if ((activityWindowFlags and WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN) != 0) {
-        dialogWindow.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN)
-      } else {
-        dialogWindow.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN)
+    try {
+      val activityWindow = currentActivity.window
+      if (activityWindow != null) {
+        val activityWindowFlags = activityWindow.attributes.flags
+        if ((activityWindowFlags and WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN) != 0) {
+          dialogWindow.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN)
+        } else {
+          dialogWindow.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN)
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    dialogWindow.setStatusBarTranslucency(statusBarTranslucent)
+      dialogWindow.setStatusBarTranslucency(statusBarTranslucent)
 
-    if (transparent) {
-      dialogWindow.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND)
-    } else {
-      dialogWindow.setDimAmount(0.5f)
-      dialogWindow.setFlags(
-          WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND)
+      if (transparent) {
+        dialogWindow.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND)
+      } else {
+        dialogWindow.setDimAmount(0.5f)
+        dialogWindow.setFlags(
+            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND)
+      }
+    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+      // This is to prevent a crash from the following error, without a clear repro steps:
+      // java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View=DecorView@c94931b[XxxActivity] not attached to
+      // window manager
+      FLog.e(
+          ReactConstants.TAG, "ReactModalHostView: error while setting window flags: ", e.message)
     }
   }