diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
index e29be7f9cad..54b7f76572d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ FabricMountingManager::FabricMountingManager(
     jni::global_ref<JFabricUIManager::javaobject>& javaUIManager)
     : javaUIManager_(javaUIManager) {}
 
+FabricMountingManager::~FabricMountingManager() {
+  // Manually reset `javaUIManager_` since FabricMountingManager may be retained
+  // from a GC thread (destroyUnmountedShadowNode)
+  jni::ThreadScope::WithClassLoader([&]() { javaUIManager_.reset(); });
+}
+
 void FabricMountingManager::onSurfaceStart(SurfaceId surfaceId) {
   std::lock_guard lock(allocatedViewsMutex_);
   allocatedViewRegistry_.emplace(
@@ -905,7 +911,7 @@ void FabricMountingManager::destroyUnmountedShadowNode(
 
   // ThreadScope::WithClassLoader is necessary because
   // destroyUnmountedShadowNode is being called from a destructor thread
-  facebook::jni::ThreadScope::WithClassLoader([&]() {
+  jni::ThreadScope::WithClassLoader([&]() {
     static auto destroyUnmountedView =
         JFabricUIManager::javaClassStatic()->getMethod<void(jint, jint)>(
             "destroyUnmountedView");
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.h b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.h
index 61978317ff5..3ae20c2370f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class FabricMountingManager final {
   FabricMountingManager(
       jni::global_ref<JFabricUIManager::javaobject>& javaUIManager);
   FabricMountingManager(const FabricMountingManager&) = delete;
+  ~FabricMountingManager();
 
   void onSurfaceStart(SurfaceId surfaceId);