diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
index f353d8c26df..57b9e696ad5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
@@ -151,6 +151,66 @@ test('animation driven by onScroll event', () => {
   expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().y).toBe(100);
 });
 
+test('animation driven by onScroll event when animated view is unmounted', () => {
+  const scrollViewRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
+
+  component PressableWithNativeDriver(mountAnimatedView: boolean) {
+    const currScroll = useAnimatedValue(0);
+
+    return (
+      <View style={{flex: 1}}>
+        {mountAnimatedView ? (
+          <Animated.View
+            style={{
+              position: 'absolute',
+              width: 10,
+              height: 10,
+              transform: [{translateY: currScroll}],
+            }}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        <Animated.ScrollView
+          ref={scrollViewRef}
+          onScroll={Animated.event(
+            [
+              {
+                nativeEvent: {
+                  contentOffset: {
+                    y: currScroll,
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+            {useNativeDriver: true},
+          )}>
+          <View style={{height: 1000, width: 100}} />
+        </Animated.ScrollView>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<PressableWithNativeDriver mountAnimatedView={true} />);
+  });
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<PressableWithNativeDriver mountAnimatedView={false} />);
+  });
+
+  const scrollViewelement = ensureInstance(
+    scrollViewRef.current,
+    ReactNativeElement,
+  );
+
+  Fantom.scrollTo(scrollViewelement, {
+    x: 0,
+    y: 50,
+  });
+
+  Fantom.runWorkLoop();
+});
+
 test('animated opacity', () => {
   let _opacity;
   let _opacityAnimation;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.cpp
index b37570ef276..ec4ffd7647d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.cpp
@@ -406,47 +406,51 @@ void NativeAnimatedNodesManager::handleAnimatedEvent(
   if (!isOnRenderThread_) {
     return;
   }
+  if (eventDrivers_.empty()) {
+    return;
+  }
 
-  if (!eventDrivers_.empty()) {
-    bool foundAtLeastOneDriver = false;
+  bool foundAtLeastOneDriver = false;
 
-    const auto key = EventAnimationDriverKey{
-        .viewTag = viewTag,
-        .eventName = EventEmitter::normalizeEventType(eventName)};
-    if (auto driversIter = eventDrivers_.find(key);
-        driversIter != eventDrivers_.end()) {
-      auto& drivers = driversIter->second;
-      if (!drivers.empty()) {
-        foundAtLeastOneDriver = true;
-      }
-      for (const auto& driver : drivers) {
-        if (auto value = driver->getValueFromPayload(eventPayload)) {
-          auto node =
-              getAnimatedNode<ValueAnimatedNode>(driver->getAnimatedNodeTag());
-          stopAnimationsForNode(node->tag());
-          if (node->setRawValue(value.value())) {
-            updatedNodeTags_.insert(node->tag());
-          }
+  const auto key = EventAnimationDriverKey{
+      .viewTag = viewTag,
+      .eventName = EventEmitter::normalizeEventType(eventName)};
+  if (auto driversIter = eventDrivers_.find(key);
+      driversIter != eventDrivers_.end()) {
+    auto& drivers = driversIter->second;
+    if (!drivers.empty()) {
+      foundAtLeastOneDriver = true;
+    }
+    for (const auto& driver : drivers) {
+      if (auto value = driver->getValueFromPayload(eventPayload)) {
+        auto node =
+            getAnimatedNode<ValueAnimatedNode>(driver->getAnimatedNodeTag());
+        if (node == nullptr) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        stopAnimationsForNode(node->tag());
+        if (node->setRawValue(value.value())) {
+          updatedNodeTags_.insert(node->tag());
         }
       }
     }
+  }
 
-    if (foundAtLeastOneDriver && !isEventAnimationInProgress_) {
-      // There is an animation driver handling this event and
-      // event driven animation has not been started yet.
-      isEventAnimationInProgress_ = true;
-      // Some platforms (e.g. iOS) have UI tick listener disable
-      // when there are no active animations. Calling
-      // `startRenderCallbackIfNeeded` will call platform specific code to
-      // register UI tick listener.
-      startRenderCallbackIfNeeded();
-      // Calling startOnRenderCallback_ will register a UI tick listener.
-      // The UI ticker listener will not be called until the next frame.
-      // That's why, in case this is called from the UI thread, we need to
-      // proactivelly trigger the animation loop to avoid showing stale
-      // frames.
-      onRender();
-    }
+  if (foundAtLeastOneDriver && !isEventAnimationInProgress_) {
+    // There is an animation driver handling this event and
+    // event driven animation has not been started yet.
+    isEventAnimationInProgress_ = true;
+    // Some platforms (e.g. iOS) have UI tick listener disable
+    // when there are no active animations. Calling
+    // `startRenderCallbackIfNeeded` will call platform specific code to
+    // register UI tick listener.
+    startRenderCallbackIfNeeded();
+    // Calling startOnRenderCallback_ will register a UI tick listener.
+    // The UI ticker listener will not be called until the next frame.
+    // That's why, in case this is called from the UI thread, we need to
+    // proactivelly trigger the animation loop to avoid showing stale
+    // frames.
+    onRender();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/event_drivers/EventAnimationDriver.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/event_drivers/EventAnimationDriver.h
index 53362b9a90b..07a4633a100 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/event_drivers/EventAnimationDriver.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/renderer/animated/event_drivers/EventAnimationDriver.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class EventAnimationDriver {
  protected:
   std::vector<std::string> eventPath_;
 
-  Tag animatedValueTag_;
+  const Tag animatedValueTag_;
 };
 
 struct EventAnimationDriverKey {