diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java
index be03cc75edc..5e5955b158a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java
@@ -16,20 +16,47 @@ public class ViewUtil {
    * Counter for uniquely identifying views. - % 2 === 0 means it is a Fabric tag. See
    * https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/12587
    *
-   * @param reactTag {@link }
+   * @param viewTag {@link int} tag of the view this is event is dispatched to
    */
   @UIManagerType
-  public static int getUIManagerType(int reactTag) {
-    if (reactTag % 2 == 0) return FABRIC;
+  public static int getUIManagerType(int viewTag) {
+    if (viewTag % 2 == 0) return FABRIC;
     return DEFAULT;
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param reactTag {@link int} react tag
+   * Version of getUIManagerType that uses both surfaceId and viewTag heuristics
+   *
+   * @param viewTag {@link int} tag of the view this is event is dispatched to
+   * @param surfaceId {@link int} ID of the corresponding surface
+   */
+  @UIManagerType
+  public static int getUIManagerType(int viewTag, int surfaceId) {
+    // We have a contract that Fabric events *always* have a SurfaceId passed in, and non-Fabric
+    // events NEVER have a SurfaceId passed in (the default/placeholder of -1 is passed in instead).
+    //
+    // Why does this matter?
+    // Events can be sent to Views that are part of the View hierarchy *but not directly managed
+    // by React Native*. For example, embedded custom hierarchies, Litho hierarchies, etc.
+    // In those cases it's important to know that the Event should be sent to the Fabric or
+    // non-Fabric UIManager, and we cannot use the ViewTag for inference since it's not controlled
+    // by RN and is essentially a random number.
+    // At some point it would be great to pass the SurfaceContext here instead.
+    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = (surfaceId == -1 ? DEFAULT : FABRIC);
+    if (uiManagerType == DEFAULT && !ViewUtil.isRootTag(viewTag)) {
+      // TODO (T123064648): Some events for Fabric still didn't have the surfaceId set, so if it's
+      // not a React RootView, double check if the tag belongs to Fabric.
+      if (viewTag % 2 == 0) return FABRIC;
+    }
+    return uiManagerType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param viewTag {@link int} react tag
    * @return if the react tag received by parameter is a RootTag or not.
    */
   @Deprecated
-  public static boolean isRootTag(int reactTag) {
-    return reactTag % 10 == 1;
+  public static boolean isRootTag(int viewTag) {
+    return viewTag % 10 == 1;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
index 2178af11f7a..2bfff544b8e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
@@ -70,27 +70,7 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
   protected void init(int surfaceId, int viewTag, long timestampMs) {
     mSurfaceId = surfaceId;
     mViewTag = viewTag;
-
-    // We infer UIManagerType. Even though it's not passed in explicitly, we have a
-    // contract that Fabric events *always* have a SurfaceId passed in, and non-Fabric events
-    // NEVER have a SurfaceId passed in (the default/placeholder of -1 is passed in instead).
-    //
-    // Why does this matter?
-    // Events can be sent to Views that are part of the View hierarchy *but not directly managed
-    // by React Native*. For example, embedded custom hierarchies, Litho hierarchies, etc.
-    // In those cases it's important to know that the Event should be sent to the Fabric or
-    // non-Fabric UIManager, and we cannot use the ViewTag for inference since it's not controlled
-    // by RN and is essentially a random number.
-    // At some point it would be great to pass the SurfaceContext here instead.
-    @UIManagerType
-    int uiManagerType = (surfaceId == -1 ? UIManagerType.DEFAULT : UIManagerType.FABRIC);
-    if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.DEFAULT && !ViewUtil.isRootTag(viewTag)) {
-      // TODO (T123064648): Some events for Fabric still didn't have the surfaceId set, so if it's
-      // not a React RootView, double check if the tag belongs to Fabric.
-      uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(viewTag);
-    }
-    mUIManagerType = uiManagerType;
-
+    mUIManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(viewTag, surfaceId);
     mTimestampMs = timestampMs;
     mInitialized = true;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
index b1098cb0f63..b7a0fb44925 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class ReactEventEmitter implements RCTModernEventEmitter {
       int customCoalesceKey,
       @Nullable WritableMap event,
       @EventCategoryDef int category) {
-    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(targetReactTag);
+    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(targetReactTag, surfaceId);
     if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.FABRIC && mFabricEventEmitter != null) {
       mFabricEventEmitter.receiveEvent(
           surfaceId,