diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index c29f1481e289e3..21703cb8afeb2e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -4892,6 +4892,7 @@ public class com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation {
 	public fun dispatchViewUpdates (I)V
 	public fun findSubviewIn (IFFLcom/facebook/react/bridge/Callback;)V
 	public fun getProfiledBatchPerfCounters ()Ljava/util/Map;
+	public fun getRootViewNum ()I
 	protected fun handleCreateView (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode;ILcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap;)V
 	protected fun handleUpdateView (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactStylesDiffMap;)V
 	public fun manageChildren (ILcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReadableArray;)V
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 0dbe9352b779e8..6b3ac1afd410de 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public void removeRootView(int rootViewTag) {
    *
    * @return The num of root view
    */
-  private int getRootViewNum() {
+  public int getRootViewNum() {
     return mOperationsQueue.getNativeViewHierarchyManager().getRootViewNum();
   }
 
@@ -589,12 +589,6 @@ public void measureLayoutRelativeToParent(
 
   /** Invoked at the end of the transaction to commit any updates to the node hierarchy. */
   public void dispatchViewUpdates(int batchId) {
-    if (getRootViewNum() <= 0) {
-      // If there are no RootViews registered, there will be no View updates to dispatch.
-      // This is a hack to prevent this from being called when Fabric is used everywhere.
-      // This should no longer be necessary in Bridgeless Mode.
-      return;
-    }
     SystraceMessage.beginSection(
             Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE, "UIImplementation.dispatchViewUpdates")
         .arg("batchId", batchId)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 15a1b42542989d..dca4fcf5b13098 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -707,7 +707,12 @@ public void onBatchComplete() {
       listener.willDispatchViewUpdates(this);
     }
     try {
-      mUIImplementation.dispatchViewUpdates(batchId);
+      // If there are no RootViews registered, there will be no View updates to dispatch.
+      // This is a hack to prevent this from being called when Fabric is used everywhere.
+      // This should no longer be necessary in Bridgeless Mode.
+      if (mUIImplementation.getRootViewNum() > 0) {
+        mUIImplementation.dispatchViewUpdates(batchId);
+      }
     } finally {
       Systrace.endSection(Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE);
     }