From 7ea7c40e327d43bc8f7dedc97146ab790a57d48a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeya Peng <zeyap@meta.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:27:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add missing node null check in AnimationDriver (#53462)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/53462

## Changelog:

[Internal] [Chanaged] - Add missing node null check in AnimationDriver

Reviewed By: lenaic

Differential Revision: D80949230

fbshipit-source-id: b08258671fbf0a011aa6a48501fdd83a706b1f1f
---
 .../react/renderer/animated/drivers/AnimationDriver.cpp         | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animated/drivers/AnimationDriver.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animated/drivers/AnimationDriver.cpp
index 2ed62c882c5..66feccdbb42 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animated/drivers/AnimationDriver.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animated/drivers/AnimationDriver.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void AnimationDriver::startAnimation() {
 void AnimationDriver::stopAnimation(bool /*ignoreCompletedHandlers*/) {
   if (auto node =
           manager_->getAnimatedNode<ValueAnimatedNode>(animatedValueTag_);
-      endCallback_) {
+      node != nullptr && endCallback_) {
     endCallback_.value().call(
         {.finished = true,
          .value = node->getRawValue(),