diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
index e497288b1b7..696781ffbe3 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
@@ -1178,11 +1178,6 @@ class ScrollView extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         );
       }
     }
-    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
-      if (this.props.keyboardDismissMode === 'on-drag' && this._isTouching) {
-        dismissKeyboard();
-      }
-    }
     this._observedScrollSinceBecomingResponder = true;
     this.props.onScroll && this.props.onScroll(e);
   };
@@ -1299,6 +1294,14 @@ class ScrollView extends React.Component<Props, State> {
    */
   _handleScrollBeginDrag: (e: ScrollEvent) => void = (e: ScrollEvent) => {
     FrameRateLogger.beginScroll(); // TODO: track all scrolls after implementing onScrollEndAnimation
+
+    if (
+      Platform.OS === 'android' &&
+      this.props.keyboardDismissMode === 'on-drag'
+    ) {
+      dismissKeyboard();
+    }
+
     this.props.onScrollBeginDrag && this.props.onScrollBeginDrag(e);
   };