diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
index 018cf745ee5..b4b5e908fdb 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ class UIManager final : public ShadowTreeDelegate {
   ShadowTreeRegistry shadowTreeRegistry_{};
   BackgroundExecutor backgroundExecutor_{};
 
-  // Used only when BackgroundExecutor is enabled.
-  // Property is used to keep count of `completeRoot` events to
-  // determine whether a commit should be cancelled. Only to be used
-  // inside UIManagerBinding.
-  std::atomic_uint_fast8_t completeRootEventCounter_{0};
-
   mutable better::shared_mutex commitHookMutex_;
   mutable std::vector<UIManagerCommitHook const *> commitHooks_;
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
index e21cb7a2512..4c808002b7d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
@@ -452,20 +452,18 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
             auto surfaceId = surfaceIdFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]);
             auto shadowNodeList =
                 shadowNodeListFromValue(runtime, arguments[1]);
-
-            sharedUIManager->completeRootEventCounter_ += 1;
+            static std::atomic_uint_fast8_t completeRootEventCounter{0};
+            completeRootEventCounter += 1;
             sharedUIManager->backgroundExecutor_(
                 [sharedUIManager,
                  surfaceId,
                  shadowNodeList,
-                 eventCount =
-                     sharedUIManager->completeRootEventCounter_.load()] {
-                  auto shouldCancel = [eventCount, sharedUIManager]() -> bool {
-                    // If `eventCounter_` was incremented, another
+                 eventCount = completeRootEventCounter.load()] {
+                  auto shouldCancel = [eventCount]() -> bool {
+                    // If `completeRootEventCounter` was incremented, another
                     // `completeSurface` call has been scheduled and current
                     // `completeSurface` should be cancelled.
-                    return sharedUIManager->completeRootEventCounter_ >
-                        eventCount;
+                    return completeRootEventCounter > eventCount;
                   };
                   sharedUIManager->completeSurface(
                       surfaceId, shadowNodeList, {true, shouldCancel});