diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 10fd8fe8d60..6b3b6ce18de 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -5746,6 +5746,7 @@ public class com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView : android/widget/Sc
 	public fun getFlingAnimator ()Landroid/animation/ValueAnimator;
 	public fun getFlingExtrapolatedDistance (I)I
 	public fun getLastScrollDispatchTime ()J
+	protected fun getOverScrollerFromParent ()Landroid/widget/OverScroller;
 	public fun getOverflow ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getOverflowInset ()Landroid/graphics/Rect;
 	public fun getPointerEvents ()Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/PointerEvents;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index dd911975ca9..f708543cf45 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class ReactScrollView extends ScrollView
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  private OverScroller getOverScrollerFromParent() {
+  protected OverScroller getOverScrollerFromParent() {
     OverScroller scroller;
 
     if (!sTriedToGetScrollerField) {