diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewFactory.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewFactory.mm
index 88489f2b3cd..1c857b440c9 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewFactory.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewFactory.mm
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> RCTComponentViewClassWithName(const char
 
 - (void)registerComponentViewClass:(Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol>)componentViewClass
 {
+  RCTAssert(componentViewClass, @"RCTComponentViewFactory: Provided `componentViewClass` is `nil`.");
   std::unique_lock<better::shared_mutex> lock(_mutex);
 
   auto componentDescriptorProvider = [componentViewClass componentDescriptorProvider];