diff --git a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingView.mm b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingView.mm
index c7ed41971ae..9afbaad0ff2 100644
--- a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingView.mm
+++ b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingView.mm
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (nullable instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder)
     &maximumSize
   );
 
-  [_surface setMinimumSize:minimumSize
-               maximumSize:maximumSize];
+  if (RCTSurfaceStageIsRunning(_stage)) {
+    [_surface setMinimumSize:minimumSize
+                 maximumSize:maximumSize];
+  }
 }
 
 - (CGSize)intrinsicContentSize