diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Modal/RCTModalHostViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Modal/RCTModalHostViewComponentView.mm
index 350439a78109dc..a040149dfa656c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Modal/RCTModalHostViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Modal/RCTModalHostViewComponentView.mm
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ - (void)presentViewController:(UIViewController *)modalViewController
                    completion:(void (^)(void))completion
 {
   UIViewController *controller = [self reactViewController];
-  [controller presentViewController:modalViewController animated:animated completion:completion];
+  [[self _topMostViewControllerFrom:controller] presentViewController:modalViewController
+                                                             animated:animated
+                                                           completion:completion];
 }
 
 - (void)dismissViewController:(UIViewController *)modalViewController
@@ -274,6 +276,26 @@ - (void)unmountChildComponentView:(UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childCompo
   [childComponentView removeFromSuperview];
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Private
+
+- (UIViewController *)_topMostViewControllerFrom:(UIViewController *)rootViewController
+{
+  UIViewController *topController = rootViewController;
+  while (topController.presentedViewController) {
+    topController = topController.presentedViewController;
+  }
+  if ([topController isKindOfClass:[UINavigationController class]]) {
+    UINavigationController *navigationController = (UINavigationController *)topController;
+    topController = navigationController.visibleViewController;
+    return [self _topMostViewControllerFrom:topController];
+  } else if ([topController isKindOfClass:[UITabBarController class]]) {
+    UITabBarController *tabBarController = (UITabBarController *)topController;
+    topController = tabBarController.selectedViewController;
+    return [self _topMostViewControllerFrom:topController];
+  }
+  return topController;
+}
+
 @end
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus