diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
index 8a44d2ae748..32000177fcb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)init)
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
+  RCTBridge *batchedBridge = self.batchedBridge;
   /**
    * This runs only on the main thread, but crashes the subclass
    * RCTAssertMainQueue();
@@ -332,7 +333,17 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)init)
     RCTExecuteOnMainQueue(^{
       facebook::react::jsinspector_modern::getInspectorInstance().removePage(*inspectorPageId);
       inspectorPageId.reset();
-      inspectorTarget.reset();
+      // NOTE: RCTBridgeHostTargetDelegate holds a weak reference to RCTBridge.
+      // Conditionally call `inspectorTarget.reset()` to avoid a crash.
+      if (batchedBridge) {
+        [batchedBridge
+            dispatchBlock:^{
+              inspectorTarget.reset();
+            }
+                    queue:RCTJSThread];
+      } else {
+        inspectorTarget.reset();
+      }
     });
   }
 }