diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 5bc9ab4627d..d63206e3f22 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -758,7 +758,26 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
             FLog.d(TAG, "dispatchMountItems: Executing mountItem: " + m);
           }
         }
-        mountItem.execute(mMountingManager);
+
+        // TODO: if early ViewCommand dispatch ships 100% as a feature, this can be removed.
+        // This try/catch catches Retryable errors that can only be thrown by ViewCommands, which
+        // won't be executed here in Early Dispatch mode.
+        try {
+          mountItem.execute(mMountingManager);
+        } catch (RetryableMountingLayerException e) {
+          // It's very common for commands to be executed on views that no longer exist - for
+          // example, a blur event on TextInput being fired because of a navigation event away
+          // from the current screen. If the exception is marked as Retryable, we log a soft
+          // exception but never crash in debug.
+          // It's not clear that logging this is even useful, because these events are very
+          // common, mundane, and there's not much we can do about them currently.
+          ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+              TAG,
+              new ReactNoCrashSoftException(
+                  "Caught exception executing retryable mounting layer instruction: "
+                      + mountItem.toString(),
+                  e));
+        }
       }
       mBatchedExecutionTime += SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - batchedExecutionStartTime;
     }