diff --git a/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm b/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
index 9cd25cd8318..728bdcf0f8e 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
 @implementation RCTFabricSurface {
   // Immutable
-  RCTSurfacePresenter *_surfacePresenter;
+  __weak RCTSurfacePresenter *_surfacePresenter;
   NSString *_moduleName;
 
   // Protected by the `_mutex`