diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index fffdf27704b..e98c1864c36 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -314,8 +314,11 @@ public class ReactScrollView extends ScrollView implements ReactClippingViewGrou
     //
     // Hence, we can use the absolute value from whatever the OS gives
     // us and use the sign of what mOnScrollDispatchHelper has tracked.
-    final int correctedVelocityY = (int)(Math.abs(velocityY) * Math.signum(mOnScrollDispatchHelper.getYFlingVelocity()));
-
+    float signum = Math.signum(mOnScrollDispatchHelper.getYFlingVelocity());
+    if (signum == 0) {
+      signum = Math.signum(velocityY);
+    }
+    final int correctedVelocityY = (int)(Math.abs(velocityY) * signum);
 
     if (mPagingEnabled) {
       flingAndSnap(correctedVelocityY);