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 430f2478a2b..280034983eb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -543,10 +543,12 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
       ViewGroup view,
       ThemedReactContext themedContext) {
     if (view.getId() != View.NO_ID) {
-      throw new IllegalViewOperationException(
-          "Trying to add a root view with an explicit id 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.");
+      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."));
     }
 
     mTagsToViews.put(tag, view);