diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
index 0bbc9c78711..cbaa41509b8 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
@@ -87,10 +87,14 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(startAnimatingNode:(nonnull NSNumber *)animationId
   [self addOperationBlock:^(RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager *nodesManager) {
     [nodesManager startAnimatingNode:animationId nodeTag:nodeTag config:config endCallback:callBack];
   }];
-  if ([_nodesManager isNodeManagedByFabric:nodeTag]) {
-    _animIdIsManagedByFabric[animationId] = @YES;
-    [self flushOperationQueues];
-  }
+  __weak RCTNativeAnimatedModule *weakSelf = self;
+  RCTExecuteOnMainQueue(^{
+      __strong RCTNativeAnimatedModule *strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      if (strongSelf && [strongSelf->_nodesManager isNodeManagedByFabric:nodeTag]) {
+          strongSelf->_animIdIsManagedByFabric[animationId] = @YES;
+          [strongSelf flushOperationQueues];
+      }
+  });
 }
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(stopAnimation:(nonnull NSNumber *)animationId)
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
index 1a47f1b7abd..9920e8a6ed6 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@
 - (BOOL)isNodeManagedByFabric:(nonnull NSNumber *)tag
 {
   RCTAnimatedNode *node = _animationNodes[tag];
-  return [node isManagedByFabric];
+  if (node) {
+    return [node isManagedByFabric];
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
 #pragma mark -- Graph