diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
index 07d0872a0de..7e00d2af022 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ class SchedulerDelegateProxy : public SchedulerDelegate {
 {
   if (self = [super init]) {
     _delegateProxy = std::make_shared<SchedulerDelegateProxy>((__bridge void *)self);
-    _scheduler = std::make_shared<Scheduler>(toolbox);
-    _scheduler->setDelegate(_delegateProxy.get());
+    _scheduler = std::make_shared<Scheduler>(toolbox, _delegateProxy.get());
   }
 
   return self;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
index b4c7d31ef44..811a6d90950 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
   toolbox.runtimeExecutor = runtimeExecutor;
   toolbox.synchronousEventBeatFactory = synchronousBeatFactory;
   toolbox.asynchronousEventBeatFactory = asynchronousBeatFactory;
-  scheduler_ = std::make_shared<Scheduler>(toolbox);
-  scheduler_->setDelegate(this);
+  scheduler_ = std::make_shared<Scheduler>(toolbox, this);
 }
 
 void Binding::uninstallFabricUIManager() {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
index af6e080f0cf..681d147a8d7 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-Scheduler::Scheduler(SchedulerToolbox schedulerToolbox) {
+Scheduler::Scheduler(
+    SchedulerToolbox schedulerToolbox,
+    SchedulerDelegate *delegate) {
   runtimeExecutor_ = schedulerToolbox.runtimeExecutor;
 
   reactNativeConfig_ =
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ Scheduler::Scheduler(SchedulerToolbox schedulerToolbox) {
   rootComponentDescriptor_ =
       std::make_unique<const RootComponentDescriptor>(eventDispatcher);
 
+  delegate_ = delegate;
+
   uiManagerRef.setDelegate(this);
   uiManagerRef.setShadowTreeRegistry(&shadowTreeRegistry_);
   uiManagerRef.setComponentDescriptorRegistry(componentDescriptorRegistry_);
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
index 199a7a61ea7..cdeaf237194 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace react {
  */
 class Scheduler final : public UIManagerDelegate, public ShadowTreeDelegate {
  public:
-  Scheduler(SchedulerToolbox schedulerToolbox);
+  Scheduler(SchedulerToolbox schedulerToolbox, SchedulerDelegate *delegate);
   ~Scheduler();
 
 #pragma mark - Surface Management