diff --git a/apple/REAModule.mm b/apple/REAModule.mm
index 90d5d40186f5..714cc3b2f297 100644
--- a/apple/REAModule.mm
+++ b/apple/REAModule.mm
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ - (void)installReanimatedAfterReload
 
 - (void)handleJavaScriptDidLoadNotification:(NSNotification *)notification
 {
-  _surfacePresenter = self.bridge.surfacePresenter;
+  [self attachReactEventListener];
+}
+
+- (void)attachReactEventListener
+{
   RCTScheduler *scheduler = [_surfacePresenter scheduler];
   __weak __typeof__(self) weakSelf = self;
   _surfacePresenter.runtimeExecutor(^(jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
@@ -289,6 +293,7 @@ - (void)sendEventWithName:(NSString *)eventName body:(id)body
     });
     auto nativeReanimatedModule = reanimated::createReanimatedModuleBridgeless(
         _moduleRegistry, rnRuntime, std::string([valueUnpackerCode UTF8String]), executorFunction);
+    [self attachReactEventListener];
     [self commonInit:nativeReanimatedModule withRnRuntime:rnRuntime];
 #else // REACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION >= 74 && defined(RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED)
     [NSException raise:@"Missing bridge" format:@"[Reanimated] Failed to obtain the bridge."];