diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
index afd1873bacf..10e78de2937 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static NSString *const kRCTLegacyInteropChildIndexKey = @"index";
   [_viewsToBeMounted removeAllObjects];
   [_viewsToBeUnmounted removeAllObjects];
   _state.reset();
+  self.contentView = nil;
   [super prepareForRecycle];
 }