diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
index 88eec78e2d875a..13701c36f65756 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ public void onChildStartedNativeGesture(
 
     dispatchCancelEventForTarget(childView, motionInRoot, eventDispatcher);
     mChildHandlingNativeGesture = childView.getId();
+
+    // clear "previous" state since interaction was canceled
+    resetPreviousStateForMotionEvent(motionEvent);
   }
 
   private MotionEvent convertMotionToRootFrame(View childView, MotionEvent childMotion) {
@@ -84,6 +87,28 @@ private MotionEvent convertMotionToRootFrame(View childView, MotionEvent childMo
     return motionInRoot;
   }
 
+  private void updatePreviousStateFromEvent(MotionEvent event, PointerEventState eventState) {
+    // Caching the event state so we have a new "last"
+    mLastHitPathByPointerId = eventState.getHitPathByPointerId();
+    mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId = eventState.getEventCoordinatesByPointerId();
+    mLastButtonState = event.getButtonState();
+
+    // Clean up any stale pointerIds
+    Set<Integer> allPointerIds = mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId.keySet();
+    mHoveringPointerIds.retainAll(allPointerIds);
+  }
+
+  private void resetPreviousStateForMotionEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+    int activePointerId = event.getPointerId(event.getActionIndex());
+    if (mLastHitPathByPointerId != null) {
+      mLastHitPathByPointerId.remove(activePointerId);
+    }
+    if (mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId != null) {
+      mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId.remove(activePointerId);
+    }
+    mLastButtonState = 0;
+  }
+
   public void onChildEndedNativeGesture() {
     // There should be only one child gesture at any given time. We can safely turn off the flag.
     mChildHandlingNativeGesture = -1;
@@ -368,14 +393,7 @@ public void handleMotionEvent(
         return;
     }
 
-    // Caching the event state so we have a new "last"
-    mLastHitPathByPointerId = eventState.getHitPathByPointerId();
-    mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId = eventState.getEventCoordinatesByPointerId();
-    mLastButtonState = motionEvent.getButtonState();
-
-    // Clean up any stale pointerIds
-    Set<Integer> allPointerIds = mLastEventCoordinatesByPointerId.keySet();
-    mHoveringPointerIds.retainAll(allPointerIds);
+    updatePreviousStateFromEvent(motionEvent, eventState);
   }
 
   private static boolean isAnyoneListeningForBubblingEvent(