diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
index 5d8da6fe6b6ca5..d51cb8ff2311a1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ const SharedEventEmitter& ShadowNode::getEventEmitter() const {
 }
 
 jsi::Value ShadowNode::getInstanceHandle(jsi::Runtime& runtime) const {
-  return family_->eventEmitter_->getEventTarget()->getInstanceHandle(runtime);
+  auto instanceHandle = family_->instanceHandle_;
+  if (instanceHandle == nullptr) {
+    return jsi::Value::null();
+  }
+
+  return instanceHandle->getInstanceHandle(runtime);
 }
 
 Tag ShadowNode::getTag() const {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
index 88143a9d0c0e47..0e73b0a5cf3687 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ShadowNodeFamily::ShadowNodeFamily(
     : eventDispatcher_(std::move(eventDispatcher)),
       tag_(fragment.tag),
       surfaceId_(fragment.surfaceId),
+      instanceHandle_(fragment.instanceHandle),
       eventEmitter_(std::move(eventEmitter)),
       componentDescriptor_(componentDescriptor),
       componentHandle_(componentDescriptor.getComponentHandle()),
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
index c4a0b4face1b12..dc5dbc815317f0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ class ShadowNodeFamily final {
    */
   const SurfaceId surfaceId_;
 
+  /*
+   * Weak reference to the React instance handle
+   */
+  InstanceHandle::Shared const instanceHandle_;
+
   /*
    * `EventEmitter` associated with all nodes of the family.
    */