diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedStyle.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedStyle.js
index 8fdc6532aeb2e3..8766d5e913b796 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedStyle.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedStyle.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function createAnimatedStyle(
   const animatedStyles: any = {};
   for (const key in style) {
     const value = style[key];
-    if (key === 'transform') {
+    if (value != null && key === 'transform') {
       animatedStyles[key] =
         ReactNativeFeatureFlags.shouldUseAnimatedObjectForTransform()
           ? new AnimatedObject(value)
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Animated/TransformStylesExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Animated/TransformStylesExample.js
index 60a90bc107a55a..d9467354097d0e 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Animated/TransformStylesExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Animated/TransformStylesExample.js
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ function AnimatedTransformStyleExample(): React.Node {
           property => properties[property].selected,
         )}
       />
+      <View style={styles.section}>
+        <Text>{'Should not crash when transform style key is undefined'}</Text>
+        <Animated.View style={[styles.animatedView, {transform: undefined}]} />
+      </View>
     </View>
   );
 }
@@ -149,6 +153,9 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     marginBottom: 6,
     borderBottomWidth: 1,
   },
+  section: {
+    marginTop: 20,
+  },
 });
 
 export default ({