diff --git a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
index 9e80332a007..4125e982944 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, RCTTextEventType) {
                           key:(NSString *)key
                    eventCount:(NSInteger)eventCount;
 
+/**
+ * Notify Observers of event
+ */
+- (void)notifyObserversOfEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event;
+
 /**
  * Send a pre-prepared event object.
  *
diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
index ef6a895f12b..f2cf17c947e 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   [self sendEvent:event];
 }
 
-- (void)sendEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
+- (void)notifyObserversOfEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
 {
   [_observersLock lock];
 
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   }
 
   [_observersLock unlock];
+}
+
+- (void)sendEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
+{
+  [self notifyObserversOfEvent:event];
 
   [_eventQueueLock lock];
 
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
index c67865e1122..e699640940d 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void RCTSendScrollEventForNativeAnimations_DEPRECATED(UIScrollView *scrol
     [bridge.eventDispatcher sendEvent:scrollEvent];
   } else {
     NSDictionary *userInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:scrollEvent, @"event", nil];
-    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"RCTSendEventToLegacyEventDispatcher"
+    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"RCTNotifyEventDispatcherObserversOfEvent_DEPRECATED"
                                                         object:nil
                                                       userInfo:userInfo];
   }