diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js b/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
index 3b4afd1bb..df08c066a 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ class AnimatedValue extends AnimatedWithChildren {
     }
 
     this.__nativeAnimatedValueListener.remove();
+    this.__nativeAnimatedValueListener = null;
     NativeAnimatedAPI.stopListeningToAnimatedNodeValue(this.__getNativeTag());
   }