diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index 40ff4f4fba312a..843bc6acc2dd07 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -109,4 +109,10 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
    * border.
    */
   public static boolean enableCloseVisibleGapBetweenPaths = true;
+
+  /**
+   * Allow fix in layout animation to drop delete...create mutations which could cause missing view
+   * state in Fabric SurfaceMountingManager.
+   */
+  public static boolean reduceDeleteCreateMutationLayoutAnimation = true;
 }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
index b4caab94d44e41..2d16a00596aca5 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::setComponentDescriptorRegistry(
   componentDescriptorRegistry_ = componentDescriptorRegistry;
 }
 
+void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::setReduceDeleteCreateMutation(
+    const bool reduceDeleteCreateMutation) {
+  reduceDeleteCreateMutation_ = reduceDeleteCreateMutation;
+}
+
 bool LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::shouldAnimateFrame() const {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(currentAnimationMutex_);
   return currentAnimation_ || !inflightAnimations_.empty();
@@ -732,6 +737,40 @@ LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::pullTransaction(
 
       auto finalConflictingMutations = ShadowViewMutationList{};
       for (auto &keyFrame : conflictingAnimations) {
+        // Special-case: if the next conflicting animation contain "delete",
+        // while the final mutation has the same tag with "create", we should
+        // remove both the delete and create as they have no effect when
+        // combined in the same frame. The Fabric mount layer assumes no such
+        // combinations in the final mutations either.
+        if (reduceDeleteCreateMutation_) {
+          for (auto itMutation = immediateMutations.begin();
+               itMutation != immediateMutations.end();) {
+            auto &mutation = *itMutation;
+            bool hasCreateMutationDeletedWithSameTag = false;
+            if (mutation.newChildShadowView.tag == keyFrame.tag &&
+                mutation.type == ShadowViewMutation::Create) {
+              for (auto itKeyFrame = keyFrame.finalMutationsForKeyFrame.begin();
+                   itKeyFrame != keyFrame.finalMutationsForKeyFrame.end();) {
+                auto &conflictFinalMutation = *itKeyFrame;
+                if (conflictFinalMutation.type == ShadowViewMutation::Delete) {
+                  itKeyFrame =
+                      keyFrame.finalMutationsForKeyFrame.erase(itKeyFrame);
+                  hasCreateMutationDeletedWithSameTag = true;
+                  break;
+                } else {
+                  itKeyFrame++;
+                }
+              }
+            }
+
+            if (hasCreateMutationDeletedWithSameTag) {
+              itMutation = immediateMutations.erase(itMutation);
+            } else {
+              itMutation++;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
         // Special-case: if we have some (1) ongoing UPDATE animation,
         // (2) it conflicted with a new MOVE operation (REMOVE+INSERT)
         // without another corresponding UPDATE, we should re-queue the
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
index 56d283a3f22038..5bfea6f1b6e42a 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
   void setComponentDescriptorRegistry(SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry const &
                                           componentDescriptorRegistry) override;
 
+  void setReduceDeleteCreateMutation(bool reduceDeleteCreateMutation) override;
+
   // TODO: add SurfaceId to this API as well
   bool shouldAnimateFrame() const override;
 
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
   mutable std::mutex surfaceIdsToStopMutex_;
   mutable butter::set<SurfaceId> surfaceIdsToStop_{};
   bool skipInvalidatedKeyFrames_{false};
+  bool reduceDeleteCreateMutation_{false};
 
   /*
    * Feature flag that forces a crash if component descriptor for shadow view
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
index b9746e605fc0a7..787b9733807909 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -118,18 +118,23 @@ Scheduler::Scheduler(
     uiManager->registerCommitHook(*commitHook);
   }
 
-  if (animationDelegate != nullptr) {
-    animationDelegate->setComponentDescriptorRegistry(
-        componentDescriptorRegistry_);
-  }
-  uiManager_->setAnimationDelegate(animationDelegate);
-
 #ifdef ANDROID
   removeOutstandingSurfacesOnDestruction_ = true;
+  reduceDeleteCreateMutationLayoutAnimation_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
+      "react_fabric:reduce_delete_create_mutation_layout_animation_android");
 #else
   removeOutstandingSurfacesOnDestruction_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
       "react_fabric:remove_outstanding_surfaces_on_destruction_ios");
+  reduceDeleteCreateMutationLayoutAnimation_ = true;
 #endif
+
+  if (animationDelegate != nullptr) {
+    animationDelegate->setComponentDescriptorRegistry(
+        componentDescriptorRegistry_);
+    animationDelegate->setReduceDeleteCreateMutation(
+        reduceDeleteCreateMutationLayoutAnimation_);
+  }
+  uiManager_->setAnimationDelegate(animationDelegate);
 }
 
 Scheduler::~Scheduler() {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.h
index 23199d4bff57c5..466dd8b9e4054d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/scheduler/Scheduler.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class Scheduler final : public UIManagerDelegate {
    * Temporary flags.
    */
   bool removeOutstandingSurfacesOnDestruction_{false};
+  bool reduceDeleteCreateMutationLayoutAnimation_{false};
 };
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerAnimationDelegate.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerAnimationDelegate.h
index d20f43c235065a..780346cb6cb091 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerAnimationDelegate.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerAnimationDelegate.h
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class UIManagerAnimationDelegate {
   virtual void setComponentDescriptorRegistry(
       const SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry &componentDescriptorRegistry) = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * Set Animation flags for dropping delete and create mutations
+   *
+   * @param reduceDeleteCreateMutation
+   */
+  virtual void setReduceDeleteCreateMutation(
+      bool reduceDeleteCreateMutation) = 0;
+
   /**
    * Only needed on Android to drive animations.
    */