diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
index b29cffd89bed13..98bcfa8bc48b36 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/LegacyViewManagerInterop/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.mm
@@ -210,11 +210,20 @@ - (void)updateState:(const State::Shared &)state oldState:(const State::Shared &
 - (void)finalizeUpdates:(RNComponentViewUpdateMask)updateMask
 {
   [super finalizeUpdates:updateMask];
+  __block BOOL propsUpdated = NO;
+
+  __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+  void (^updatePropsIfNeeded)(RNComponentViewUpdateMask) = ^void(RNComponentViewUpdateMask mask) {
+    __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+    if (!propsUpdated) {
+      [strongSelf _setPropsWithUpdateMask:mask];
+      propsUpdated = YES;
+    }
+  };
 
   if (!_adapter) {
     _adapter = [[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinatorAdapter alloc] initWithCoordinator:[self _coordinator]
                                                                                  reactTag:self.tag];
-    __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
     _adapter.eventInterceptor = ^(std::string eventName, folly::dynamic event) {
       if (weakSelf) {
         __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
@@ -223,6 +232,13 @@ - (void)finalizeUpdates:(RNComponentViewUpdateMask)updateMask
         eventEmitter.dispatchEvent(eventName, event);
       }
     };
+    // Set props immediately. This is required to set the initial state of the view.
+    // In the case where some events are fired in relationship of a change in the frame
+    // or layout of the view, they will fire as soon as the contentView is set and if the
+    // event block is nil, the app will crash.
+    updatePropsIfNeeded(updateMask);
+    propsUpdated = YES;
+
     self.contentView = _adapter.paperView;
   }
 
@@ -247,6 +263,11 @@ - (void)finalizeUpdates:(RNComponentViewUpdateMask)updateMask
 
   [_adapter.paperView didUpdateReactSubviews];
 
+  updatePropsIfNeeded(updateMask);
+}
+
+- (void)_setPropsWithUpdateMask:(RNComponentViewUpdateMask)updateMask
+{
   if (updateMask & RNComponentViewUpdateMaskProps) {
     const auto &newProps = static_cast<const LegacyViewManagerInteropViewProps &>(*_props);
     [_adapter setProps:newProps.otherProps];