diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
index 67120d27bde..38daad20487 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager.java
@@ -1260,7 +1260,6 @@ public class ReactInstanceManager {
                   : Arguments.fromBundle(initialProperties),
               reactRoot.getWidthMeasureSpec(),
               reactRoot.getHeightMeasureSpec());
-      reactRoot.setRootViewTag(rootTag);
       reactRoot.setShouldLogContentAppeared(true);
     } else {
       rootTag =
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
index 1114d8e1532..e0c37c31a24 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.JSTouchDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactClippingProhibitedView;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactRoot;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactRootViewTagGenerator;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootView;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.RootViewUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ public class ReactRootView extends FrameLayout implements RootView, ReactRoot {
   }
 
   private void init() {
+    setRootViewTag(ReactRootViewTagGenerator.getNextRootViewTag());
     setClipChildren(false);
   }
 
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 dad32fe91ad..a46b984e9e7 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
         new IllegalViewOperationException(
             "Do not call addRootView in Fabric; it is unsupported. Call startSurface instead."));
 
-    final int rootTag = ReactRootViewTagGenerator.getNextRootViewTag();
     ReactRoot reactRootView = (ReactRoot) rootView;
+    final int rootTag = reactRootView.getRootViewTag();
 
     ThemedReactContext reactContext =
         new ThemedReactContext(
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
       final WritableMap initialProps,
       int widthMeasureSpec,
       int heightMeasureSpec) {
-    final int rootTag = ReactRootViewTagGenerator.getNextRootViewTag();
+    final int rootTag = ((ReactRoot) rootView).getRootViewTag();
     Context context = rootView.getContext();
     ThemedReactContext reactContext =
         new ThemedReactContext(mReactApplicationContext, context, moduleName, rootTag);