diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index a238799e185..f70b0fc5632 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
 
   /**
    * This method enqueues UI operations directly to the UI thread. This might change in the future
-   * to enforce execution order using {@link ReactChoreographer#CallbackType}.
+   * to enforce execution order using {@link ReactChoreographer#CallbackType}. This method should
+   * only be called as the result of a new tree being committed.
    */
   @DoNotStrip
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -562,6 +563,13 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
     // a BatchMountItem. No other sites call into this with a BatchMountItem, and Binding.cpp only
     // calls scheduleMountItems with a BatchMountItem.
     boolean isBatchMountItem = mountItem instanceof BatchMountItem;
+    boolean shouldSchedule = !(isBatchMountItem && ((BatchMountItem) mountItem).getSize() == 0);
+
+    // In case of sync rendering, this could be called on the UI thread. Otherwise,
+    // it should ~always be called on the JS thread.
+    for (UIManagerListener listener : mListeners) {
+      listener.didScheduleMountItems(this);
+    }
 
     if (isBatchMountItem) {
       mCommitStartTime = commitStartTime;
@@ -571,13 +579,15 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
       mDispatchViewUpdatesTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
     }
 
-    synchronized (mMountItemsLock) {
-      mMountItems.add(mountItem);
-    }
+    if (shouldSchedule) {
+      synchronized (mMountItemsLock) {
+        mMountItems.add(mountItem);
+      }
 
-    if (UiThreadUtil.isOnUiThread()) {
-      // We only read these flags on the UI thread.
-      tryDispatchMountItems();
+      if (UiThreadUtil.isOnUiThread()) {
+        // We only read these flags on the UI thread.
+        tryDispatchMountItems();
+      }
     }
 
     // Post markers outside of lock and after sync mounting finishes its execution
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
index 648272fffc1..156cac88d5b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
@@ -842,22 +842,18 @@ void Binding::schedulerDidFinishTransaction(
     toRemove.clear();
   }
 
-  if (position <= 0) {
-    // If there are no mountItems to be sent to the platform, then it is not
-    // necessary to even call.
-    return;
-  }
-
   static auto createMountItemsBatchContainer =
       jni::findClassStatic(UIManagerJavaDescriptor)
           ->getMethod<alias_ref<JMountItem>(
               jint, jtypeArray<JMountItem::javaobject>, jint, jint)>(
               "createBatchMountItem");
 
+  // If there are no items, we pass a nullptr instead of passing the object
+  // through the JNI
   auto batch = createMountItemsBatchContainer(
       localJavaUIManager,
       surfaceId,
-      mountItemsArray.get(),
+      position == 0 ? nullptr : mountItemsArray.get(),
       position,
       commitNumber);
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/BatchMountItem.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/BatchMountItem.java
index 3ab5b864cca..91e736d5335 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/BatchMountItem.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/BatchMountItem.java
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ public class BatchMountItem implements MountItem {
   private final int mCommitNumber;
 
   public BatchMountItem(int rootTag, MountItem[] items, int size, int commitNumber) {
-    if (items == null) {
-      throw new NullPointerException();
-    }
-    if (size < 0 || size > items.length) {
+    int itemsLength = (items == null ? 0 : items.length);
+    if (size < 0 || size > itemsLength) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          "Invalid size received by parameter size: " + size + " items.size = " + items.length);
+          "Invalid size received by parameter size: " + size + " items.size = " + itemsLength);
     }
     mRootTag = rootTag;
     mMountItems = items;
@@ -74,6 +72,10 @@ public class BatchMountItem implements MountItem {
     return mRootTag;
   }
 
+  public int getSize() {
+    return mSize;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();