diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
index b9c8a6c2358ddc..f1d28f26bf55fd 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.java
@@ -1026,13 +1026,14 @@ public View getView(int reactTag) {
   }
 
   private @Nullable ViewState getNullableViewState(int tag) {
-    if (mTagToViewState == null) {
+    ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, ViewState> viewStates = mTagToViewState;
+    if (viewStates == null) {
       return null;
     }
     if (ReactFeatureFlags.enableDelayedViewStateDeletion) {
       mScheduledForDeletionViewStateTags.remove(tag);
     }
-    return mTagToViewState.get(tag);
+    return viewStates.get(tag);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // prevents unchecked conversion warn of the <ViewGroup> type