diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
index 3952d177e66..f743aa88b7b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
@@ -61,12 +61,20 @@ static SEL selectorForType(NSString *type)
   return self;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)isBridgeMode
+{
+  // If we are in bridge mode, the bridge is RCTBridge
+  // If we are bridgeless, the bridge is RCTBridgeProxy
+  return [_bridge isKindOfClass:[RCTBridge class]];
+}
+
 - (RCTViewManager *)manager
 {
-  if (!_manager && _bridge) {
+  if (!_manager && [self isBridgeMode]) {
     _manager = [_bridge moduleForClass:_managerClass];
   } else if (!_manager && !_bridgelessViewManager) {
     _bridgelessViewManager = [_managerClass new];
+    _bridgelessViewManager.bridge = _bridge;
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTDidInitializeModuleNotification
                                                         object:nil
                                                       userInfo:@{@"module" : _bridgelessViewManager}];
@@ -265,8 +273,8 @@ static RCTPropBlock createNSInvocationSetter(NSMethodSignature *typeSignature, S
         type == NSSelectorFromString(@"RCTDirectEventBlock:") ||
         type == NSSelectorFromString(@"RCTCapturingEventBlock:")) {
       // Special case for event handlers
-      setterBlock =
-          createEventSetter(name, setter, self.eventInterceptor, _bridge ? _bridge.eventDispatcher : _eventDispatcher);
+      setterBlock = createEventSetter(
+          name, setter, self.eventInterceptor, [self isBridgeMode] ? _bridge.eventDispatcher : _eventDispatcher);
     } else {
       // Ordinary property handlers
       NSMethodSignature *typeSignature = [[RCTConvert class] methodSignatureForSelector:type];
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
index f7c895ee2aa..eb8fa9a86f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ static const std::shared_ptr<void> constructCoordinator(
     bridgeModuleDecorator = unwrapManagedObject(optionalModuleDecorator.value());
   }
 
-  RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:viewManagerClass
-                                                                            bridge:bridge
-                                                                   eventDispatcher:eventDispatcher];
+  RCTComponentData *componentData =
+      [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:viewManagerClass
+                                              bridge:bridge != nil ? bridge : (RCTBridge *)bridgeProxy
+                                     eventDispatcher:eventDispatcher];
   return wrapManagedObject([[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinator alloc]
       initWithComponentData:componentData
                      bridge:bridge