diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
index 5f7a17303f3..53e67eb7745 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ typedef void (^AnimatedOperation)(RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager *nodesManager);
 
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE();
 
+- (void)invalidate
+{
+  [_nodesManager stopAnimationLoop];
+}
+
 - (void)dealloc
 {
   [self.bridge.eventDispatcher removeDispatchObserver:self];
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
index 25c4bcb8f26..1330aad49de 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 
 - (void)stopAnimation:(nonnull NSNumber *)animationId;
 
+- (void)stopAnimationLoop;
+
 // events
 
 - (void)addAnimatedEventToView:(nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag
diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
index dc6e8337327..c1dc22fabf5 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
@@ -321,7 +321,14 @@
 
 - (void)stopAnimationLoopIfNeeded
 {
-  if (_displayLink && _activeAnimations.count == 0) {
+  if (_activeAnimations.count == 0) {
+    [self stopAnimationLoop];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)stopAnimationLoop
+{
+  if (_displayLink) {
     [_displayLink invalidate];
     _displayLink = nil;
   }