diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerRegistry.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerRegistry.java
index 36f8f5e0128..5885f67d077 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerRegistry.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerRegistry.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * Class that stores the mapping between native view name used in JS and the corresponding instance
  * of {@link ViewManager}.
  */
+@Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
 public final class ViewManagerRegistry implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
 
   private final Map<String, ViewManager> mViewManagers;
@@ -86,9 +88,10 @@ public final class ViewManagerRegistry implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
   }
 
   private @Nullable ViewManager getViewManagerFromResolver(String className) {
-    @Nullable ViewManager viewManager;
-    // NULLSAFE_FIXME[Nullable Dereference]
-    viewManager = mViewManagerResolver.getViewManager(className);
+    @Nullable ViewManager viewManager = null;
+    if (mViewManagerResolver != null) {
+      viewManager = mViewManagerResolver.getViewManager(className);
+    }
     if (viewManager != null) {
       mViewManagers.put(className, viewManager);
     }