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 8f4a992f85383a..0dd991f1aaf392 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
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ private void onDown(
           motionEvent,
           enterViewTargets,
           eventDispatcher);
+    } else {
+      // There are cases when the pointer may have moved in the same frame as the down event.
+      // Dispatch the move event before the down event.
+      onMove(activeTargetTag, eventState, motionEvent, eventDispatcher);
     }
 
     boolean listeningForDown =