diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 1549f364e2e2f4..16f8ed9ba2150a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
+import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.debug.NotThreadSafeViewHierarchyUpdateDebugListener;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
@@ -742,13 +743,21 @@ public void clearJSResponder() {
   @Deprecated
   public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(
       int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
-    assertViewExists(reactTag, "dispatchViewManagerCommand: " + commandId);
+    boolean viewExists = checkOrAssertViewExists(reactTag, "dispatchViewManagerCommand: " + commandId);
+    if (!viewExists) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueDispatchCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
   }
 
   public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(
       int reactTag, String commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs) {
-    assertViewExists(reactTag, "dispatchViewManagerCommand: " + commandId);
+    boolean viewExists = checkOrAssertViewExists(reactTag, "dispatchViewManagerCommand: " + commandId);
+    if (!viewExists) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueDispatchCommand(reactTag, commandId, commandArgs);
   }
 
@@ -763,7 +772,11 @@ public void dispatchViewManagerCommand(
    *     no arguments if the menu is dismissed
    */
   public void showPopupMenu(int reactTag, ReadableArray items, Callback error, Callback success) {
-    assertViewExists(reactTag, "showPopupMenu");
+    boolean viewExists = checkOrAssertViewExists(reactTag, "showPopupMenu");
+    if (!viewExists) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueShowPopupMenu(reactTag, items, error, success);
   }
 
@@ -867,15 +880,30 @@ private void measureLayoutRelativeToVerifiedAncestor(
     outputBuffer[3] = node.getScreenHeight();
   }
 
-  private void assertViewExists(int reactTag, String operationNameForExceptionMessage) {
-    if (mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag) == null) {
-      throw new IllegalViewOperationException(
-          "Unable to execute operation "
-              + operationNameForExceptionMessage
-              + " on view with "
-              + "tag: "
-              + reactTag
-              + ", since the view does not exists");
+  /**
+   * Returns whether a view identified by the tag exists. In debug mode, this
+   * will throw whenever the view doesn't exist. In production, it'll log a
+   * warning. Callers should use this and just return if the view doesn't exist
+   * to avoid crashing.
+   */
+  private boolean checkOrAssertViewExists(int reactTag, String operationNameForExceptionMessage) {
+    boolean viewExists = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag) != null;
+    if (viewExists) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    String message = "Unable to execute operation "
+      + operationNameForExceptionMessage
+      + " on view with "
+      + "tag: "
+      + reactTag
+      + ", since the view does not exist";
+
+    if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+      throw new IllegalViewOperationException(message);
+    } else {
+      FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, message);
+      return false;
     }
   }