diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents.java
index 3e8dfa5730d..bf97d45b502 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents.java
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ public enum PointerEvents {
   ;
 
   public static PointerEvents parsePointerEvents(String pointerEventsStr) {
-    return PointerEvents.valueOf(pointerEventsStr.toUpperCase(Locale.US).replace("-", "_"));
+    if (pointerEventsStr == null) {
+      return PointerEvents.AUTO;
+    } else {
+      return PointerEvents.valueOf(pointerEventsStr.toUpperCase(Locale.US).replace("-", "_"));
+    }
   }
 
   public static boolean canBeTouchTarget(PointerEvents pointerEvents) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
index 7c6a1891532..ddd60f19ac0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
@@ -325,10 +325,6 @@ public class ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactHori
 
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
   public void setPointerEvents(ReactHorizontalScrollView view, @Nullable String pointerEventsStr) {
-    if (pointerEventsStr == null) {
-      view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.AUTO);
-    } else {
-      view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
-    }
+    view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
index 590aa49c8f4..49524684589 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
@@ -367,10 +367,6 @@ public class ReactScrollViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactScrollView>
 
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
   public void setPointerEvents(ReactScrollView view, @Nullable String pointerEventsStr) {
-    if (pointerEventsStr == null) {
-      view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.AUTO);
-    } else {
-      view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
-    }
+    view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
index 0208ce47568..8ec0f5660ae 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /** View manager for AndroidViews (plain React Views). */
@@ -161,13 +160,7 @@ public class ReactViewManager extends ReactClippingViewManager<ReactViewGroup> {
 
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
   public void setPointerEvents(ReactViewGroup view, @Nullable String pointerEventsStr) {
-    if (pointerEventsStr == null) {
-      view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.AUTO);
-    } else {
-      PointerEvents pointerEvents =
-          PointerEvents.valueOf(pointerEventsStr.toUpperCase(Locale.US).replace("-", "_"));
-      view.setPointerEvents(pointerEvents);
-    }
+    view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr));
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "nativeBackgroundAndroid")