diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.h b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.h
index d447a501ef0394..b310f3bd2962be 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.h
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ class ReactNativeConfig;
 class Scheduler;
 class SurfaceHandlerBinding;
 
-class Binding : public jni::HybridClass<Binding>,
+struct JBinding : public jni::JavaClass<JBinding> {
+  constexpr static auto kJavaDescriptor = "Lcom/facebook/react/fabric/Binding;";
+};
+
+class Binding : public jni::HybridClass<Binding, JBinding>,
                 public SchedulerDelegate,
                 public LayoutAnimationStatusDelegate {
  public:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/JFabricUIManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/JFabricUIManager.cpp
index a2ccdbf5d57078..48326b97c260b3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/JFabricUIManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/JFabricUIManager.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ namespace facebook::react {
 
 Binding* JFabricUIManager::getBinding() {
   static const auto bindingField =
-      javaClassStatic()->getField<Binding::javaobject>("mBinding");
+      javaClassStatic()->getField<JBinding::javaobject>("mBinding");
 
-  return getFieldValue(bindingField)->cthis();
+  return jni::static_ref_cast<Binding::javaobject>(getFieldValue(bindingField))
+      ->cthis();
 }
 } // namespace facebook::react