diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 22565058445..a459f15afa2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.BatchMountItem;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.DispatchCommandMountItem;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.MountItem;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.MountItemFactory;
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems.PrefetchResourcesMountItem;
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeNewArchitectureFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.internal.interop.InteropEventEmitter;
@@ -985,8 +986,13 @@ public class FabricUIManager
    */
   @UnstableReactNativeAPI
   public void experimental_prefetchResources(String componentName, ReadableMapBuffer params) {
-    mMountingManager.experimental_prefetchResources(
-        mReactApplicationContext, componentName, params);
+    if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enableImagePrefetchingOnUiThreadAndroid()) {
+      mMountItemDispatcher.addMountItem(
+          new PrefetchResourcesMountItem(mReactApplicationContext, componentName, params));
+    } else {
+      mMountingManager.experimental_prefetchResources(
+          mReactApplicationContext, componentName, params);
+    }
   }
 
   void setBinding(FabricUIManagerBinding binding) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PrefetchResourcesMountItem.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PrefetchResourcesMountItem.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b1b6e13826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/PrefetchResourcesMountItem.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.FrameworkAPI
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.UnstableReactNativeAPI
+import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBuffer
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager
+
+internal class PrefetchResourcesMountItem(
+    private val reactApplicationContext: ReactApplicationContext,
+    private val componentName: String,
+    private val params: ReadableMapBuffer,
+) : MountItem {
+
+  @OptIn(UnstableReactNativeAPI::class, FrameworkAPI::class)
+  override fun execute(mountingManager: MountingManager) {
+    mountingManager.experimental_prefetchResources(
+        reactApplicationContext,
+        componentName,
+        params,
+    )
+  }
+
+  override fun getSurfaceId(): Int = -1 /* unused */
+
+  override fun toString(): String = "PrefetchResourcesMountItem"
+}