diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/StubViewTree.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/StubViewTree.cpp
index 77be82e032e..0dafb5419d8 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/StubViewTree.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/StubViewTree.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ void StubViewTree::mutate(ShadowViewMutationList const &mutations) {
           childStubView->parentTag = parentTag;
           parentStubView->children.insert(
               parentStubView->children.begin() + mutation.index, childStubView);
+        } else {
+          auto childTag = mutation.newChildShadowView.tag;
+          auto childStubView = registry[childTag];
+          childStubView->update(mutation.newChildShadowView);
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -151,13 +155,15 @@ void StubViewTree::mutate(ShadowViewMutationList const &mutations) {
             registry.find(mutation.newChildShadowView.tag) != registry.end());
         auto oldStubView = registry[mutation.newChildShadowView.tag];
         react_native_assert(oldStubView->tag != 0);
-        if ((ShadowView)(*oldStubView) != mutation.oldChildShadowView) {
-          LOG(ERROR)
-              << "UPDATE mutation assertion failure: oldChildShadowView doesn't match oldStubView: ["
-              << mutation.oldChildShadowView.tag << "]";
+        if (!mutation.mutatedViewIsVirtual()) {
+          if ((ShadowView)(*oldStubView) != mutation.oldChildShadowView) {
+            LOG(ERROR)
+                << "UPDATE mutation assertion failure: oldChildShadowView doesn't match oldStubView: ["
+                << mutation.oldChildShadowView.tag << "]";
+          }
+          react_native_assert(
+              (ShadowView)(*oldStubView) == mutation.oldChildShadowView);
         }
-        react_native_assert(
-            (ShadowView)(*oldStubView) == mutation.oldChildShadowView);
         oldStubView->update(mutation.newChildShadowView);
         break;
       }