diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatShadowNode.java
index fe635de33f6..a8c7d6a4c25 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatShadowNode.java
@@ -251,10 +251,15 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
     mNodeRegions = nodeRegion;
   }
 
-  /* package */ void updateNodeRegion(float left, float top, float right, float bottom) {
-    if (mNodeRegion.mLeft != left || mNodeRegion.mTop != top ||
-        mNodeRegion.mRight != right || mNodeRegion.mBottom != bottom) {
-      setNodeRegion(new NodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, getReactTag()));
+  /* package */ void updateNodeRegion(
+      float left,
+      float top,
+      float right,
+      float bottom,
+      boolean isVirtual) {
+    if (mNodeRegion.mLeft != left || mNodeRegion.mTop != top || mNodeRegion.mRight != right ||
+        mNodeRegion.mBottom != bottom || mNodeRegion.mIsVirtual != isVirtual) {
+      setNodeRegion(new NodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, getReactTag(), isVirtual));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatViewGroup.java
index 5e2a2385fe8..13841bea4f4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatViewGroup.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.views.image.ImageLoadEvent;
         "TouchTargetHelper should not allow calling this method when pointer events are NONE");
 
     if (mPointerEvents != PointerEvents.BOX_ONLY) {
-      NodeRegion nodeRegion = nodeRegionWithinBounds(touchX, touchY);
+      NodeRegion nodeRegion = virtualNodeRegionWithinBounds(touchX, touchY);
       if (nodeRegion != null) {
         return nodeRegion.getReactTag(touchX, touchY);
       }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.views.image.ImageLoadEvent;
 
     if (mPointerEvents == PointerEvents.BOX_NONE) {
       // We cannot always return false here because some child nodes could be flatten into this View
-      NodeRegion nodeRegion = nodeRegionWithinBounds(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
+      NodeRegion nodeRegion = virtualNodeRegionWithinBounds(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
       if (nodeRegion == null) {
         // no child to handle this touch event, bailing out.
         return false;
@@ -411,9 +411,13 @@ import com.facebook.react.views.image.ImageLoadEvent;
     LAYOUT_REQUESTS.clear();
   }
 
-  private NodeRegion nodeRegionWithinBounds(float touchX, float touchY) {
+  private NodeRegion virtualNodeRegionWithinBounds(float touchX, float touchY) {
     for (int i = mNodeRegions.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
       NodeRegion nodeRegion = mNodeRegions[i];
+      if (!nodeRegion.mIsVirtual) {
+        // only interested in virtual nodes
+        continue;
+      }
       if (nodeRegion.withinBounds(touchX, touchY)) {
         return nodeRegion;
       }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/NodeRegion.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/NodeRegion.java
index db4f8109bb6..41f72549f5c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/NodeRegion.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/NodeRegion.java
@@ -11,20 +11,28 @@ package com.facebook.react.flat;
 
 /* package */ class NodeRegion {
   /* package */ static final NodeRegion[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new NodeRegion[0];
-  /* package */ static final NodeRegion EMPTY = new NodeRegion(0, 0, 0, 0, -1);
+  /* package */ static final NodeRegion EMPTY = new NodeRegion(0, 0, 0, 0, -1, false);
 
   /* package */ final float mLeft;
   /* package */ final float mTop;
   /* package */ final float mRight;
   /* package */ final float mBottom;
   /* package */ final int mTag;
+  /* package */ final boolean mIsVirtual;
 
-  /* package */ NodeRegion(float left, float top, float right, float bottom, int tag) {
+  /* package */ NodeRegion(
+      float left,
+      float top,
+      float right,
+      float bottom,
+      int tag,
+      boolean isVirtual) {
     mLeft = left;
     mTop = top;
     mRight = right;
     mBottom = bottom;
     mTag = tag;
+    mIsVirtual = isVirtual;
   }
 
   /* package */ final boolean withinBounds(float touchX, float touchY) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTText.java
index e2b98d23307..b216dda308b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTText.java
@@ -223,9 +223,14 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
   }
 
   @Override
-  /* package */ void updateNodeRegion(float left, float top, float right, float bottom) {
+  /* package */ void updateNodeRegion(
+      float left,
+      float top,
+      float right,
+      float bottom,
+      boolean isVirtual) {
     if (mDrawCommand == null) {
-      super.updateNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom);
+      super.updateNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, isVirtual);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -239,8 +244,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
     Layout newLayout = mDrawCommand.getLayout();
     if (nodeRegion.mLeft != left || nodeRegion.mTop != top ||
         nodeRegion.mRight != right || nodeRegion.mBottom != bottom ||
-        layout != newLayout) {
-      setNodeRegion(new TextNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, getReactTag(), newLayout));
+        nodeRegion.mIsVirtual != isVirtual || layout != newLayout) {
+      setNodeRegion(
+          new TextNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, getReactTag(), isVirtual, newLayout));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
index e5be9c10b1d..f2cc1b046ce 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
@@ -197,13 +197,14 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
       float left,
       float top,
       float right,
-      float bottom) {
+      float bottom,
+      boolean isVirtual) {
     if (left == right || top == bottom) {
       // no point in adding an empty NodeRegion
       return;
     }
 
-    node.updateNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom);
+    node.updateNodeRegion(left, top, right, bottom, isVirtual);
     mNodeRegions.add(node.getNodeRegion());
   }
 
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
       // FlatViewGroup.reactTagForTouch() will always return RCTText's id. To fix the issue,
       // manually add nodeRegion so it will have exactly one NodeRegion, and virtual nodes will
       // be able to receive touch events.
-      addNodeRegion(node, left, top, right, bottom);
+      addNodeRegion(node, left, top, right, bottom, true);
     }
 
     boolean descendantUpdated = collectStateRecursively(
@@ -520,9 +521,15 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
     float right = left + width;
     float bottom = top + height;
 
+    boolean mountsToView = node.mountsToView();
+
     final boolean updated;
 
-    if (node.mountsToView()) {
+    if (!parentIsAndroidView) {
+      addNodeRegion(node, left, top, right, bottom, !mountsToView);
+    }
+
+    if (mountsToView) {
       ensureBackingViewIsCreated(node);
 
       addNativeChild(node);
@@ -549,8 +556,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
         updateViewBounds(node, left, top, right, bottom);
       }
     } else {
-      addNodeRegion(node, left, top, right, bottom);
-
       updated = collectStateRecursively(
           node,
           left,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
index e6d4894589b..ab2290d534b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/TextNodeRegion.java
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ import android.text.Spanned;
 /* package */ final class TextNodeRegion extends NodeRegion {
   private final Layout mLayout;
 
-  TextNodeRegion(float left, float top, float right, float bottom, int tag, Layout layout) {
-    super(left, top, right, bottom, tag);
+  /* package */ TextNodeRegion(
+      float left,
+      float top,
+      float right,
+      float bottom,
+      int tag,
+      boolean isVirtual,
+      Layout layout) {
+    super(left, top, right, bottom, tag, isVirtual);
     mLayout = layout;
   }