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 b3aec67b671..9551e266a05 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
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
       "react_fabric:enable_removedelete_collation_android");
   collapseDeleteCreateMountingInstructions_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
       "react_fabric:enabled_collapse_delete_create_mounting_instructions");
-  ;
+
+  disableVirtualNodePreallocation_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
+    "react_fabric:disable_virtual_node_preallocation");
 
   disablePreallocateViews_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
       "react_fabric:disabled_view_preallocation_android");
@@ -862,6 +864,10 @@ void Binding::schedulerDidRequestPreliminaryViewAllocation(
 
   bool isLayoutableShadowNode = shadowView.layoutMetrics != EmptyLayoutMetrics;
 
+  if (disableVirtualNodePreallocation_ && !isLayoutableShadowNode) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   static auto preallocateView =
       jni::findClassStatic(UIManagerJavaDescriptor)
           ->getMethod<void(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.h
index 12bc5f05f21..612e37b3420 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class Binding : public jni::HybridClass<Binding>, public SchedulerDelegate {
   bool shouldCollateRemovesAndDeletes_{false};
   bool collapseDeleteCreateMountingInstructions_{false};
   bool disablePreallocateViews_{false};
+  bool disableVirtualNodePreallocation_{false};
 };
 
 } // namespace react