diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index 3641d120dab..1915b6eb48f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.animation.Animation;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.OnInterceptTouchEventListener;
@@ -668,7 +669,12 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
       if (rootView != null) {
         rootView.handleException(e);
       } else {
-        throw e;
+        if (getContext() instanceof  ReactContext) {
+          ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) getContext();
+          reactContext.handleException(new IllegalViewOperationException("StackOverflowException", this, e));
+        } else {
+          throw e;
+        }
       }
     }
   }