diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
index b29e5e75d..a3e74df7b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/StateBuilder.java
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
     mOnLayoutEvents.clear();
 
     if (!mViewsToDrop.isEmpty()) {
+      for (int i = 0, mViewsToDropSize = mViewsToDrop.size(); i < mViewsToDropSize; i++) {
+        // set parent tag to -1 to avoid trying to detach this view
+        FlatShadowNode shadowNode = mViewsToDrop.get(i);
+        if (shadowNode.mountsToView()) {
+          shadowNode.setNativeParentTag(-1);
+        }
+      }
       mOperationsQueue.enqueueDropViews(collectViewTags(mViewsToDrop));
       mViewsToDrop.clear();
     }