diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 04b156b38a5442..0f8294bec0637a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class com/facebook/react/ReactActivity : androidx/appcompat/app/
 	protected fun <init> ()V
 	protected fun createReactActivityDelegate ()Lcom/facebook/react/ReactActivityDelegate;
 	protected fun getMainComponentName ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public fun getReactDelegate ()V
+	public fun getReactDelegate ()Lcom/facebook/react/ReactDelegate;
 	protected final fun getReactInstanceManager ()Lcom/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManager;
 	protected final fun getReactNativeHost ()Lcom/facebook/react/ReactNativeHost;
 	public fun invokeDefaultOnBackPressed ()V
@@ -7697,4 +7697,3 @@ public class com/facebook/react/views/view/ViewGroupClickEvent : com/facebook/re
 	protected fun getEventData ()Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/WritableMap;
 	public fun getEventName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 }
-
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
index ef827a4f16a165..95862974324623 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ protected void onDestroy() {
     mDelegate.onDestroy();
   }
 
-  public void getReactDelegate() {
-    mDelegate.getReactDelegate();
+  public @Nullable ReactDelegate getReactDelegate() {
+    return mDelegate.getReactDelegate();
   }
 
   @Override