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 7ffe35967..00b00d89c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -412,7 +412,10 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
     }
   }
 
-  private boolean arrayContains(int[] array, int ele) {
+  private boolean arrayContains(@Nullable int[] array, int ele) {
+    if (array == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
     for (int curEle : array) {
       if (curEle == ele) {
         return true;