diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
index 78325388a60..be67bc9e493 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 - (void)connectAnimatedNodeToView:(nonnull NSNumber *)nodeTag
                           viewTag:(nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag
-                         viewName:(nonnull NSString *)viewName;
+                         viewName:(NSString *)viewName;
 
 - (void)restoreDefaultValues:(nonnull NSNumber *)nodeTag;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
index e7fb791193b..e8ccccd5ba3 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
@@ -146,10 +146,11 @@ static NSString *RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(NSString *eventName)
 
 - (void)connectAnimatedNodeToView:(nonnull NSNumber *)nodeTag
                           viewTag:(nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag
-                         viewName:(nonnull NSString *)viewName
+                         viewName:(NSString *)viewName
 {
   RCTAnimatedNode *node = _animationNodes[nodeTag];
   if ([node isKindOfClass:[RCTPropsAnimatedNode class]]) {
+    // viewName is not used when node is managed by Fabric
     [(RCTPropsAnimatedNode *)node connectToView:viewTag
                                        viewName:viewName
                                          bridge:_bridge
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedTurboModule.mm b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedTurboModule.mm
index 16986e1b24c..c126ddb3b5b 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedTurboModule.mm
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedTurboModule.mm
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connectAnimatedNodeToView:(double)nodeTag
     [_nodeIDsManagedByFabric addObject:@(nodeTag)];
   }
   [self addOperationBlock:^(RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager *nodesManager) {
-    NSString *viewName; // Not used when node is managed by Fabric. Nodes are always managed by Fabric in Bridgeless.
-    [nodesManager connectAnimatedNodeToView:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:nodeTag] viewTag:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:viewTag] viewName:viewName];
+    // viewName is not used when node is managed by Fabric, and nodes are always managed by Fabric in Bridgeless.
+    [nodesManager connectAnimatedNodeToView:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:nodeTag] viewTag:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:viewTag] viewName:nil];
   }];
 }