diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ScrollEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ScrollEvent.java
index 5b0c0c312be4b0..d95c62a97825f0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ScrollEvent.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ScrollEvent.java
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
 import androidx.core.util.Pools;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
 
 /** A event dispatched from a ScrollView scrolling. */
 public class ScrollEvent extends Event<ScrollEvent> {
+  private static String TAG = ScrollEvent.class.getSimpleName();
 
   private static final Pools.SynchronizedPool<ScrollEvent> EVENTS_POOL =
       new Pools.SynchronizedPool<>(3);
@@ -90,7 +92,13 @@ public static ScrollEvent obtain(
 
   @Override
   public void onDispose() {
-    EVENTS_POOL.release(this);
+    try {
+      EVENTS_POOL.release(this);
+    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+      // This exception can be thrown when an event is double-released.
+      // This is a problem but won't cause user-visible impact, so it's okay to fail silently.
+      ReactSoftException.logSoftException(TAG, e);
+    }
   }
 
   private ScrollEvent() {}