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 a31cb883c3f..412fe269e0d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
               new LayoutAnimationListener() {
                 @Override
                 public void onAnimationEnd() {
+                  // This should be called only on the UI thread, because
+                  // onAnimationEnd is called (indirectly) by Android View Animation.
+                  UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
+
                   viewManager.removeView(viewToManage, viewToDestroy);
                   dropView(viewToDestroy);