diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
index dc143386b8ee59..c7a2fa5c557294 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ private void dropView(View view) {
 
     mTagToViewState.remove(reactTag);
     Context context = view.getContext();
-    mViewFactory.recycle(
-        (ThemedReactContext) context, Assertions.assertNotNull(viewManager).getName(), view);
+    if (context instanceof ThemedReactContext) {
+      // We only recycle views that were created by RN (its context is instance of ThemedReactContext)
+      mViewFactory.recycle(
+          (ThemedReactContext) context, Assertions.assertNotNull(viewManager).getName(), view);
+    }
   }
 
   /** Releases all references to react root tag. */