diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m b/packages/react-native/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
index 98b7f14533b081..3ad69069ef15d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/ScrollView/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -674,8 +674,7 @@ - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
    * We limit the delta to 17ms so that small throttles intended to enable 60fps updates will not
    * inadvertently filter out any scroll events.
    */
-  if (_allowNextScrollNoMatterWhat ||
-      (_scrollEventThrottle > 0 && _scrollEventThrottle < MAX(0.017, now - _lastScrollDispatchTime))) {
+  if (_allowNextScrollNoMatterWhat || (_scrollEventThrottle < MAX(0.017, now - _lastScrollDispatchTime))) {
     RCT_SEND_SCROLL_EVENT(onScroll, nil);
     // Update dispatch time
     _lastScrollDispatchTime = now;