diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 489dae1d463..8272fd93797 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ public abstract class com/facebook/react/bridge/BaseJavaModule : com/facebook/re
 	protected final fun getReactApplicationContextIfActiveOrWarn ()Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReactApplicationContext;
 	public fun initialize ()V
 	public fun invalidate ()V
+	protected fun setEventEmitterCallback (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/CxxCallbackImpl;)V
 }
 
 public abstract interface class com/facebook/react/bridge/BridgeReactContext$RCTDeviceEventEmitter : com/facebook/react/bridge/JavaScriptModule {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BaseJavaModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BaseJavaModule.java
index c9b635eb36f..81a9b0c4a2a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BaseJavaModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BaseJavaModule.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public abstract class BaseJavaModule implements NativeModule {
   }
 
   @DoNotStrip
-  private final void setEventEmitterCallback(CxxCallbackImpl eventEmitterCallback) {
+  protected void setEventEmitterCallback(CxxCallbackImpl eventEmitterCallback) {
     mEventEmitterCallback = eventEmitterCallback;
   }
 }