diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.cpp
index 53bc6f9f2fd..082f7ef58d2 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,15 @@ bool ShadowTreeRegistry::visit(
 }
 
 void ShadowTreeRegistry::enumerate(
-    std::function<void(const ShadowTree &shadowTree)> const &callback) const {
+    std::function<void(const ShadowTree &shadowTree, bool &stop)> const
+        &callback) const {
   std::shared_lock<butter::shared_mutex> lock(mutex_);
+  auto stop = false;
   for (auto const &pair : registry_) {
-    callback(*pair.second);
+    callback(*pair.second, stop);
+    if (stop) {
+      return;
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.h
index 5e520f96398..5eab8e760af 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTreeRegistry.h
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ class ShadowTreeRegistry final {
 
   /*
    * Enumerates all stored shadow trees.
+   * Set `stop` to `true` to interrupt the enumeration.
    * Can be called from any thread.
    */
   void enumerate(
-      std::function<void(const ShadowTree &shadowTree)> const &callback) const;
+      std::function<void(const ShadowTree &shadowTree, bool &stop)> const
+          &callback) const;
 
  private:
   mutable butter::shared_mutex mutex_;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
index fc0a1641ed6..656f7c852c9 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Scheduler::~Scheduler() {
   // Then, let's verify that the requirement was satisfied.
   auto surfaceIds = std::vector<SurfaceId>{};
   uiManager_->getShadowTreeRegistry().enumerate(
-      [&surfaceIds](ShadowTree const &shadowTree) {
+      [&surfaceIds](ShadowTree const &shadowTree, bool &) {
         surfaceIds.push_back(shadowTree.getSurfaceId());
       });
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
index 32907b56a02..37ec52dc3e4 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,55 @@ void UIManager::configureNextLayoutAnimation(
   }
 }
 
+static ShadowNode::Shared findShadowNodeByTagRecursively(
+    ShadowNode::Shared parentShadowNode,
+    Tag tag) {
+  if (parentShadowNode->getTag() == tag) {
+    return parentShadowNode;
+  }
+
+  for (ShadowNode::Shared const &shadowNode : parentShadowNode->getChildren()) {
+    auto result = findShadowNodeByTagRecursively(shadowNode, tag);
+    if (result) {
+      return result;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
+ShadowNode::Shared UIManager::findShadowNodeByTag_DEPRECATED(Tag tag) const {
+  auto shadowNode = ShadowNode::Shared{};
+
+  shadowTreeRegistry_.enumerate([&](ShadowTree const &shadowTree, bool &stop) {
+    RootShadowNode const *rootShadowNode;
+    // The public interface of `ShadowTree` discourages accessing a stored
+    // pointer to a root node because of the possible data race.
+    // To work around this, we ask for a commit and immediately cancel it
+    // returning `nullptr` instead of a new shadow tree.
+    // We don't want to add a way to access a stored pointer to a root node
+    // because this `findShadowNodeByTag` is deprecated. It is only added
+    // to make migration to the new architecture easier.
+    shadowTree.tryCommit([&](RootShadowNode const &oldRootShadowNode) {
+      rootShadowNode = &oldRootShadowNode;
+      return nullptr;
+    });
+
+    if (rootShadowNode != nullptr) {
+      auto const &children = rootShadowNode->getChildren();
+      if (!children.empty()) {
+        auto const &child = children.front();
+        shadowNode = findShadowNodeByTagRecursively(child, tag);
+        if (shadowNode) {
+          stop = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  return shadowNode;
+}
+
 void UIManager::setComponentDescriptorRegistry(
     const SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry &componentDescriptorRegistry) {
   componentDescriptorRegistry_ = componentDescriptorRegistry;
@@ -440,7 +489,7 @@ void UIManager::stopSurfaceForAnimationDelegate(SurfaceId surfaceId) const {
 void UIManager::animationTick() const {
   if (animationDelegate_ != nullptr &&
       animationDelegate_->shouldAnimateFrame()) {
-    shadowTreeRegistry_.enumerate([](ShadowTree const &shadowTree) {
+    shadowTreeRegistry_.enumerate([](ShadowTree const &shadowTree, bool &) {
       shadowTree.notifyDelegatesOfUpdates();
     });
   }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
index e0ba886c972..00b64d252d2 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ class UIManager final : public ShadowTreeDelegate {
       const ShadowNode::Shared &shadowNode,
       std::string const &eventType);
 
+  /*
+   * Iterates over all shadow nodes which are parts of all registered surfaces
+   * and find the one that has given `tag`. Returns `nullptr` if the node wasn't
+   * found. This is a temporary workaround that should not be used in any core
+   * functionality.
+   */
+  ShadowNode::Shared findShadowNodeByTag_DEPRECATED(Tag tag) const;
+
   ShadowTreeRegistry const &getShadowTreeRegistry() const;
 
  private:
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
index 2e31a722444..be8278e7dc4 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,27 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
     return {serialize(ReactEventPriority::Discrete)};
   }
 
+  if (methodName == "findShadowNodeByTag_DEPRECATED") {
+    return jsi::Function::createFromHostFunction(
+        runtime,
+        name,
+        1,
+        [uiManager](
+            jsi::Runtime &runtime,
+            jsi::Value const &,
+            jsi::Value const *arguments,
+            size_t) -> jsi::Value {
+          auto shadowNode = uiManager->findShadowNodeByTag_DEPRECATED(
+              tagFromValue(arguments[0]));
+
+          if (!shadowNode) {
+            return jsi::Value::null();
+          }
+
+          return valueFromShadowNode(runtime, shadowNode);
+        });
+  }
+
   return jsi::Value::undefined();
 }