diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewHelper.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewHelper.kt
index df3d8e98b30..5b3f661c634 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewHelper.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewHelper.kt
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ public object ReactScrollViewHelper {
     if (ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(scrollView.id) == UIManagerType.DEFAULT) {
       return
     }
+    // NOTE: if the state wrapper is null, we shouldn't even update
+    // the scroll state because there is a chance of going out of sync!
+    if (scrollView.stateWrapper == null) {
+      return
+    }
     val scrollState = scrollView.reactScrollViewScrollState
     // Dedupe events to reduce JNI traffic
     if (scrollState.lastStateUpdateScroll.equals(scrollX, scrollY)) {