diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/YGJNIVanilla.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/YGJNIVanilla.cpp
index 9835758f8b5..9a38c5755c0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/YGJNIVanilla.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/YGJNIVanilla.cpp
@@ -352,25 +352,29 @@ static void jni_YGNodeCalculateLayoutJNI(
     jlongArray nativePointers,
     jobjectArray javaNodes) {
 
-  void* layoutContext = nullptr;
-  auto map = PtrJNodeMapVanilla{};
-  if (nativePointers) {
-    size_t nativePointersSize = env->GetArrayLength(nativePointers);
-    jlong result[nativePointersSize];
-    env->GetLongArrayRegion(nativePointers, 0, nativePointersSize, result);
+  try {
+    void* layoutContext = nullptr;
+    auto map = PtrJNodeMapVanilla{};
+    if (nativePointers) {
+      size_t nativePointersSize = env->GetArrayLength(nativePointers);
+      jlong result[nativePointersSize];
+      env->GetLongArrayRegion(nativePointers, 0, nativePointersSize, result);
 
-    map = PtrJNodeMapVanilla{result, nativePointersSize, javaNodes};
-    layoutContext = ↦
+      map = PtrJNodeMapVanilla{result, nativePointersSize, javaNodes};
+      layoutContext = ↦
+    }
+
+    const YGNodeRef root = _jlong2YGNodeRef(nativePointer);
+    YGNodeCalculateLayoutWithContext(
+        root,
+        static_cast<float>(width),
+        static_cast<float>(height),
+        YGNodeStyleGetDirection(_jlong2YGNodeRef(nativePointer)),
+        layoutContext);
+    YGTransferLayoutOutputsRecursive(env, obj, root, layoutContext);
+  } catch (jthrowable throwable) {
+    env->Throw(throwable);
   }
-
-  const YGNodeRef root = _jlong2YGNodeRef(nativePointer);
-  YGNodeCalculateLayoutWithContext(
-      root,
-      static_cast<float>(width),
-      static_cast<float>(height),
-      YGNodeStyleGetDirection(_jlong2YGNodeRef(nativePointer)),
-      layoutContext);
-  YGTransferLayoutOutputsRecursive(env, obj, root, layoutContext);
 }
 
 static void jni_YGNodeMarkDirtyJNI(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/corefunctions.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/corefunctions.cpp
index 37dc12d429f..6a250b1dc21 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/corefunctions.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/yogajni/jni/corefunctions.cpp
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ void logErrorMessageAndDie(const char* message) {
 }
 
 void assertNoPendingJniException(JNIEnv* env) {
-  // This method cannot call any other method of the library, since other
-  // methods of the library use it to check for exceptions too
-  if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
-    env->ExceptionDescribe();
-    logErrorMessageAndDie("Aborting due to pending Java exception in JNI");
+  if (env->ExceptionCheck() == JNI_FALSE) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto throwable = env->ExceptionOccurred();
+  if (!throwable) {
+    logErrorMessageAndDie("Unable to get pending JNI exception.");
+  }
+  env->ExceptionClear();
+  throw throwable;
 }
 
 } // namespace vanillajni