diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
index 0174d94a0d7..fe77fd4a957 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   bool havePreviousData = previousData != nullptr;
 
   if (!havePreviousData || _imageLocalData->getImageSource() != previousData->getImageSource()) {
-    self.coordinator = _imageLocalData->getImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
+    self.coordinator = &_imageLocalData->getImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
 
     // Loading actually starts a little before this, but this is the first time we know
     // the image is loading and can fire an event from this component
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Slider/RCTSliderComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Slider/RCTSliderComponentView.mm
index 8b90f3b4441..2fc56881ee8 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Slider/RCTSliderComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Slider/RCTSliderComponentView.mm
@@ -161,18 +161,18 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   bool havePreviousData = previousData != nullptr;
 
   if (!havePreviousData || _sliderLocalData->getTrackImageSource() != previousData->getTrackImageSource()) {
-    self.trackImageCoordinator = _sliderLocalData->getTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
+    self.trackImageCoordinator = &_sliderLocalData->getTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
   }
   if (!havePreviousData ||
       _sliderLocalData->getMinimumTrackImageSource() != previousData->getMinimumTrackImageSource()) {
-    self.minimumTrackImageCoordinator = _sliderLocalData->getMinimumTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
+    self.minimumTrackImageCoordinator = &_sliderLocalData->getMinimumTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
   }
   if (!havePreviousData ||
       _sliderLocalData->getMaximumTrackImageSource() != previousData->getMaximumTrackImageSource()) {
-    self.maximumTrackImageCoordinator = _sliderLocalData->getMaximumTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
+    self.maximumTrackImageCoordinator = &_sliderLocalData->getMaximumTrackImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
   }
   if (!havePreviousData || _sliderLocalData->getThumbImageSource() != previousData->getThumbImageSource()) {
-    self.thumbImageCoordinator = _sliderLocalData->getThumbImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
+    self.thumbImageCoordinator = &_sliderLocalData->getThumbImageRequest().getObserverCoordinator();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
index 0ccc95a6e62..1f2ae5ed8a2 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
@@ -53,9 +53,18 @@ class ImageRequest final {
   void setCancelationFunction(std::function<void(void)> cancelationFunction);
 
   /*
-   * Get observer coordinator.
+   * Returns stored observer coordinator as a shared pointer.
+   * Retain this *or* `ImageRequest` to ensure a correct lifetime of the object.
    */
-  const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator *getObserverCoordinator() const;
+  const std::shared_ptr<const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator>
+      &getSharedObserverCoordinator() const;
+
+  /*
+   * Returns stored observer coordinator as a reference.
+   * Use this if a correct lifetime of the object is ensured in some other way
+   * (e.g. by retaining an `ImageRequest`).
+   */
+  const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator &getObserverCoordinator() const;
 
  private:
   /*
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
index 06678387283..c3bd7a71988 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@ ImageRequest::~ImageRequest() {
   // Not implemented.
 }
 
-const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator *ImageRequest::getObserverCoordinator()
+const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator &ImageRequest::getObserverCoordinator()
     const {
   // Not implemented
   abort();
 }
 
+const std::shared_ptr<const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator>
+    &ImageRequest::getSharedObserverCoordinator() const {
+  // Not implemented
+  abort();
+}
 } // namespace react
 } // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
index 19555035218..81f00b726de 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ void ImageRequest::setCancelationFunction(
   cancelRequest_ = cancelationFunction;
 }
 
-const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator *ImageRequest::getObserverCoordinator()
+const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator &ImageRequest::getObserverCoordinator()
     const {
-  return coordinator_.get();
+  return *coordinator_;
+}
+
+const std::shared_ptr<const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator>
+    &ImageRequest::getSharedObserverCoordinator() const {
+  return coordinator_;
 }
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/RCTImageManager.mm b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/RCTImageManager.mm
index 94e3a26a430..5f6f3db1bcc 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/RCTImageManager.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/RCTImageManager.mm
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 - (ImageRequest)requestImage:(const ImageSource &)imageSource {
   auto imageRequest = ImageRequest(imageSource);
 
-  auto observerCoordinator = imageRequest.getObserverCoordinator();
+  auto weakObserverCoordinator =
+      (std::weak_ptr<const ImageResponseObserverCoordinator>)imageRequest.getSharedObserverCoordinator();
 
   NSURLRequest *request = NSURLRequestFromImageSource(imageSource);
 
   auto completionBlock = ^(NSError *error, UIImage *image) {
+    auto observerCoordinator = weakObserverCoordinator.lock();
+    if (!observerCoordinator) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (image && !error) {
       auto imageResponse = ImageResponse(
           std::shared_ptr<void>((__bridge_retained void *)image, CFRelease));
@@ -46,6 +52,11 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   };
 
   auto progressBlock = ^(int64_t progress, int64_t total) {
+    auto observerCoordinator = weakObserverCoordinator.lock();
+    if (!observerCoordinator) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     observerCoordinator->nativeImageResponseProgress(progress / (float)total);
   };