diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index 86d9dafffe2d67..5ed6093fa0c99f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ public void setDecelerationRate(float decelerationRate) {
     }
   }
 
+  public void abortAnimation() {
+    if (mScroller != null && !mScroller.isFinished()) {
+      mScroller.abortAnimation();
+    }
+  }
+
   public void setSnapInterval(int snapInterval) {
     mSnapInterval = snapInterval;
   }
@@ -1070,7 +1076,6 @@ public void reactSmoothScrollTo(int x, int y) {
    */
   @Override
   public void scrollTo(int x, int y) {
-    mScroller.abortAnimation();
     super.scrollTo(x, y);
     ReactScrollViewHelper.updateFabricScrollState(this);
     setPendingContentOffsets(x, y);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
index b41b0858f6f83b..33658e78788eeb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public void flashScrollIndicators(ReactScrollView scrollView) {
   @Override
   public void scrollTo(
       ReactScrollView scrollView, ReactScrollViewCommandHelper.ScrollToCommandData data) {
+    scrollView.abortAnimation();
     if (data.mAnimated) {
       scrollView.reactSmoothScrollTo(data.mDestX, data.mDestY);
     } else {