diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
index e5783e3c5..16fb9ae4a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public class TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper {
    * Stops tracking a new coalescing key corresponding to the gesture with this down time.
    */
   public static void removeCoalescingKey(long downTime) {
+    int currentValue = sDownTimeToCoalescingKey.get((int) downTime, -1);
+    if (currentValue == -1) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Tried to remove non-existent cookie");
+    }
     sDownTimeToCoalescingKey.delete((int) downTime);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
index 2eb7f5ed8..679ce6edd 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class RootViewTest {
         ArgumentCaptor.forClass(JavaOnlyArray.class);
 
     rootView.onTouchEvent(
-        MotionEvent.obtain(50, ts, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0));
+        MotionEvent.obtain(100, ts, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0));
     verify(eventDispatcher).dispatchEvent(upEventCaptor.capture());
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(eventDispatcher);