diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
index 64b09228a39..86f3f578a7a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
@@ -37,16 +37,20 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
     self.hidden = YES;
 
     _props = PullToRefreshViewShadowNode::defaultSharedProps();
-
-    _refreshControl = [UIRefreshControl new];
-    [_refreshControl addTarget:self
-                        action:@selector(handleUIControlEventValueChanged)
-              forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
+    [self _initializeUIRefreshControl];
   }
 
   return self;
 }
 
+- (void)_initializeUIRefreshControl
+{
+  _refreshControl = [UIRefreshControl new];
+  [_refreshControl addTarget:self
+                      action:@selector(handleUIControlEventValueChanged)
+            forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
+}
+
 #pragma mark - RCTComponentViewProtocol
 
 + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
@@ -54,6 +58,13 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<PullToRefreshViewComponentDescriptor>();
 }
 
+- (void)prepareForRecycle
+{
+  [super prepareForRecycle];
+  _scrollViewComponentView = nil;
+  [self _initializeUIRefreshControl];
+}
+
 - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &)oldProps
 {
   const auto &oldConcreteProps = static_cast<const PullToRefreshViewProps &>(*_props);
@@ -113,6 +124,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
 - (void)didMoveToWindow
 {
+  [super didMoveToWindow];
   if (self.window) {
     [self _attach];
   } else {