diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
index 325b0a042c1..b897d8a8e8b 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView.mm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
 @implementation RCTPullToRefreshViewComponentView {
   UIRefreshControl *_refreshControl;
-  RCTScrollViewComponentView *_scrollViewComponentView;
+  RCTScrollViewComponentView *__weak _scrollViewComponentView;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame