diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventTarget.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventTarget.cpp
index b8d84547016..c43dd565474 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventTarget.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventTarget.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ void EventTarget::retain(jsi::Runtime &runtime) const {
   // particular implementation of JSI was able to detect this inconsistency and
   // dealt with it, but some JSI implementation may not support this feature and
   // that case will lead to a crash in those environments.
-  react_native_assert(!strongInstanceHandle_.isNull());
-  react_native_assert(!strongInstanceHandle_.isUndefined());
+
+  // TODO: Replace with mustfix once mustfix is ready in React Native.
+  // react_native_assert(!strongInstanceHandle_.isNull());
+  // react_native_assert(!strongInstanceHandle_.isUndefined());
 }
 
 void EventTarget::release(jsi::Runtime &runtime) const {