diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
index 632f57af48f..475b92bce27 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class MountingManager {
   }
 
   @UiThread
-  public void removeViewAt(final int tag, final int parentTag, final int index) {
+  public void removeViewAt(final int tag, final int parentTag, int index) {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
     ViewState viewState = getNullableViewState(parentTag);
 
@@ -411,18 +411,30 @@ public class MountingManager {
         return;
       }
 
+      // Here we are guaranteed that the view is still in the View hierarchy, just
+      // at a different index. In debug mode we'll crash here; in production, we'll remove
+      // the child from the parent and move on.
+      // This is an issue that is safely recoverable 95% of the time. If this allows corruption
+      // of the view hierarchy and causes bugs or a crash after this point, there will be logs
+      // indicating that this happened.
+      // This is likely *only* necessary because of Fabric's LayoutAnimations implementation.
+      // If we can fix the bug there, or remove the need for LayoutAnimation index adjustment
+      // entirely, we can just throw this exception without regression user experience.
       logViewHierarchy(parentView, true);
-      throw new IllegalStateException(
-          "Tried to remove view ["
-              + tag
-              + "] of parent ["
-              + parentTag
-              + "] at index "
-              + index
-              + ", but got view tag "
-              + actualTag
-              + " - actual index of view: "
-              + tagActualIndex);
+      ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+          TAG,
+          new IllegalStateException(
+              "Tried to remove view ["
+                  + tag
+                  + "] of parent ["
+                  + parentTag
+                  + "] at index "
+                  + index
+                  + ", but got view tag "
+                  + actualTag
+                  + " - actual index of view: "
+                  + tagActualIndex));
+      index = tagActualIndex;
     }
 
     try {
@@ -460,13 +472,20 @@ public class MountingManager {
 
     // Display children after deleting any
     if (SHOW_CHANGED_VIEW_HIERARCHIES) {
+      final int finalIndex = index;
       UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(
           new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
               FLog.e(
                   TAG,
-                  "removeViewAt: [" + tag + "] -> [" + parentTag + "] idx: " + index + " AFTER");
+                  "removeViewAt: ["
+                      + tag
+                      + "] -> ["
+                      + parentTag
+                      + "] idx: "
+                      + finalIndex
+                      + " AFTER");
               logViewHierarchy(parentView, false);
             }
           });