diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
index 1b3177d84bfcbb..494aeb61ff15a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler getDefaultBackButtonHandler() {
     final String method = "handleHostException(message = \"" + e.getMessage() + "\")";
     log(method);
 
+    if (DEV) {
+      mDevSupportManager.handleException(e);
+    }
     destroy(method, e);
     mReactHostDelegate.handleInstanceException(e);
   }