diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostManager.java
index 33320bb0ccc..558b946067c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/ReactModalHostManager.java
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public class ReactModalHostManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactModalHostView>
   public void setIdentifier(ReactModalHostView view, int value) {}
 
   @Override
-  protected void addEventEmitters(ThemedReactContext reactContext, final ReactModalHostView view) {
+  protected void addEventEmitters(
+      final ThemedReactContext reactContext, final ReactModalHostView view) {
     final EventDispatcher dispatcher =
         UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag(reactContext, view.getId());
     if (dispatcher != null) {
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ public class ReactModalHostManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactModalHostView>
           new ReactModalHostView.OnRequestCloseListener() {
             @Override
             public void onRequestClose(DialogInterface dialog) {
-              dispatcher.dispatchEvent(new RequestCloseEvent(view.getId()));
+              dispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+                  new RequestCloseEvent(UIManagerHelper.getSurfaceId(reactContext), view.getId()));
             }
           });
       view.setOnShowListener(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/RequestCloseEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/RequestCloseEvent.java
index ba01778ed67..aa8ed464e57 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/RequestCloseEvent.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/modal/RequestCloseEvent.java
@@ -7,16 +7,23 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.modal;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
 
 /** {@link Event} for dismissing a Dialog. */
 /* package */ class RequestCloseEvent extends Event<RequestCloseEvent> {
 
   public static final String EVENT_NAME = "topRequestClose";
 
+  @Deprecated
   protected RequestCloseEvent(int viewTag) {
-    super(viewTag);
+    this(-1, viewTag);
+  }
+
+  protected RequestCloseEvent(int surfaceId, int viewTag) {
+    super(surfaceId, viewTag);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -24,8 +31,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
     return EVENT_NAME;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
   @Override
-  public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
-    rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getViewTag(), getEventName(), null);
+  protected WritableMap getEventData() {
+    return Arguments.createMap();
   }
 }