diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
index b1098cb0f63..a1eb560914b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ReactEventEmitter implements RCTModernEventEmitter {
   @Override
   public void receiveTouches(TouchEvent event) {
     int reactTag = event.getViewTag();
-    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = event.getUIManagerType();
+    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(reactTag);
     if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.FABRIC && mFabricEventEmitter != null) {
       mFabricEventEmitter.receiveTouches(event);
     } else if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.DEFAULT && getEventEmitter(reactTag) != null) {