diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index ae5a01fcf68..11dfbf9c7e8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -1079,8 +1079,15 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
         new MountItem() {
           @Override
           public void execute(MountingManager mountingManager) {
-            mountingManager.setJSResponder(
-                surfaceId, reactTag, initialReactTag, blockNativeResponder);
+            SurfaceMountingManager surfaceMountingManager =
+                mountingManager.getSurfaceManager(surfaceId);
+            if (surfaceMountingManager != null) {
+              surfaceMountingManager.setJSResponder(
+                  reactTag, initialReactTag, blockNativeResponder);
+            } else {
+              FLog.e(
+                  TAG, "setJSResponder skipped, surface no longer available [" + surfaceId + "]");
+            }
           }
 
           @Override
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
index b916ff6ffd3..a45742450dc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
@@ -270,38 +270,15 @@ public class MountingManager {
     getSurfaceManagerForViewEnforced(reactTag).updateProps(reactTag, props);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Set the JS responder for the view associated with the tags received as a parameter.
-   *
-   * <p>The JSResponder coordinates the return values of the onInterceptTouch method in Android
-   * Views. This allows JS to coordinate when a touch should be handled by JS or by the Android
-   * native views. See {@link JSResponderHandler} for more details.
-   *
-   * <p>This method is going to be executed on the UIThread as soon as it is delivered from JS to
-   * RN.
-   *
-   * <p>Currently, there is no warranty that the view associated with the react tag exists, because
-   * this method is not handled by the react commit process.
-   *
-   * @param reactTag React tag of the first parent of the view that is NOT virtual
-   * @param initialReactTag React tag of the JS view that initiated the touch operation
-   * @param blockNativeResponder If native responder should be blocked or not
-   */
-  @UiThread
-  public synchronized void setJSResponder(
-      int surfaceId, int reactTag, int initialReactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
-    UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
-
-    getSurfaceManagerEnforced(surfaceId, "setJSResponder")
-        .setJSResponder(reactTag, initialReactTag, blockNativeResponder);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Clears the JS Responder specified by {@link #setJSResponder(int, int, int, boolean)}. After
    * this method is called, all the touch events are going to be handled by JS.
    */
   @UiThread
   public void clearJSResponder() {
+    // MountingManager and SurfaceMountingManagers all share the same JSResponderHandler.
+    // Must be called on MountingManager instead of SurfaceMountingManager, because we don't
+    // know what surfaceId it's being called for.
     mJSResponderHandler.clearJSResponder();
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PreAllocateViewMountItem.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PreAllocateViewMountItem.java
index 7764bd58a3c..7b540ae89a4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PreAllocateViewMountItem.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PreAllocateViewMountItem.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager;
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.SurfaceMountingManager;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper;
 
 /** {@link MountItem} that is used to pre-allocate views for JS components. */
@@ -53,9 +54,15 @@ public class PreAllocateViewMountItem implements MountItem {
     if (ENABLE_FABRIC_LOGS) {
       FLog.d(TAG, "Executing pre-allocation of: " + toString());
     }
-    mountingManager
-        .getSurfaceManagerEnforced(mSurfaceId, "PreAllocateViewMountItem")
-        .preallocateView(mComponent, mReactTag, mProps, mStateWrapper, mIsLayoutable);
+    SurfaceMountingManager surfaceMountingManager = mountingManager.getSurfaceManager(mSurfaceId);
+    if (surfaceMountingManager == null) {
+      FLog.e(
+          TAG,
+          "Skipping View PreAllocation; no SurfaceMountingManager found for [" + mSurfaceId + "]");
+      return;
+    }
+    surfaceMountingManager.preallocateView(
+        mComponent, mReactTag, mProps, mStateWrapper, mIsLayoutable);
   }
 
   @Override