diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index 280034983eb..0176c529048 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -543,12 +543,12 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
       ViewGroup view,
       ThemedReactContext themedContext) {
     if (view.getId() != View.NO_ID) {
-      themedContext.handleException(
-        new IllegalViewOperationException(
-          "Trying to add a root view with an explicit id (" + view.getId() + ") already " +
-          "set. React Native uses the id field to track react tags and will overwrite this field. " +
-          "If that is fine, explicitly overwrite the id field to View.NO_ID before calling " +
-          "addRootView."));
+      FLog.e(
+        TAG,
+        "Trying to add a root view with an explicit id (" + view.getId() + ") already " +
+        "set. React Native uses the id field to track react tags and will overwrite this field. " +
+        "If that is fine, explicitly overwrite the id field to View.NO_ID before calling " +
+        "addRootView.");
     }
 
     mTagsToViews.put(tag, view);