diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
index 102fd7f35d1..5bfc7112dd6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftExceptionLogger;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.UnstableReactNativeAPI;
+import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.MapBuffer;
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
@@ -406,6 +407,11 @@ public abstract class ViewManager<T extends View, C extends ReactShadowNode>
    * Map contains the names (key) and types (value) of the ViewManager's props.
    */
   public Map<String, String> getNativeProps() {
+    if (ReactBuildConfig.UNSTABLE_ENABLE_MINIFY_LEGACY_ARCHITECTURE
+        && ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enableBridgelessArchitecture()
+        && ReactNativeFeatureFlags.disableShadowNodeOnNewArchitectureAndroid()) {
+      return ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.getNativeProps(getClass(), null);
+    }
     return ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.getNativeProps(getClass(), getShadowNodeClass());
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.kt
index cdac6cfac77..356fabe4b57 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater.kt
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ public object ViewManagerPropertyUpdater {
   @JvmStatic
   public fun getNativeProps(
       viewManagerTopClass: Class<out ViewManager<Nothing, *>>,
-      shadowNodeTopClass: Class<out Nothing>
+      shadowNodeTopClass: Class<out Nothing>?
   ): Map<String, String> {
     val props: MutableMap<String, String> = HashMap()
     findManagerSetter(viewManagerTopClass).getProperties(props)
-    findNodeSetter(shadowNodeTopClass).getProperties(props)
+    if (shadowNodeTopClass != null) {
+      findNodeSetter(shadowNodeTopClass).getProperties(props)
+    }
     return props
   }