diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
index b3097b7a834..799ca81792d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
@@ -1658,6 +1658,7 @@ ShadowView LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::createInterpolatedShadowView(
   // Animate opacity or scale/transform
   mutatedShadowView.props = componentDescriptor.interpolateProps(
       progress, startingView.props, finalView.props);
+  assert(mutatedShadowView.props != nullptr);
 
   // Interpolate LayoutMetrics
   LayoutMetrics const &finalLayoutMetrics = finalView.layoutMetrics;