diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index 55208453fc7..806073ad0dc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.R;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.SoftAssertions;
@@ -765,8 +766,11 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
     View view = mTagsToViews.get(reactTag);
     if (view == null) {
-      throw new IllegalViewOperationException(
-          "Trying to send command to a non-existing view " + "with tag " + reactTag);
+      ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+          TAG,
+          new IllegalViewOperationException(
+              "Trying to send command to a non-existing view " + "with tag " + reactTag));
+      return;
     }
 
     ViewManager viewManager = resolveViewManager(reactTag);
@@ -778,8 +782,11 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
     View view = mTagsToViews.get(reactTag);
     if (view == null) {
-      throw new IllegalViewOperationException(
-          "Trying to send command to a non-existing view " + "with tag " + reactTag);
+      ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+          TAG,
+          new IllegalViewOperationException(
+              "Trying to send command to a non-existing view " + "with tag " + reactTag));
+      return;
     }
 
     ViewManager viewManager = resolveViewManager(reactTag);