diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
index 389ae00f1b2ec7..ce477e90c82128 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ - (void)dealloc
   if (_animationDriver) {
     _animationDriver->setLayoutAnimationStatusDelegate(nullptr);
   }
-  _animationDriver = nullptr;
+
+  _scheduler->setDelegate(nullptr);
 }
 
 - (void)registerSurface:(facebook::react::SurfaceHandler const &)surfaceHandler