diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
index 3b5816a7e21c..ff07aee0c8e4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
@@ -756,9 +756,14 @@ internal constructor(
       return
     }
 
-    val view = getViewState(reactTag).view
+    val viewState = getNullableViewState(reactTag)
+    val view = viewState?.view
     if (view == null) {
-      throw RetryableMountingLayerException("Unable to find viewState view for tag $reactTag")
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException("Unable to find viewState for tag $reactTag for sendAccessibilityEvent"),
+      )
+      return
     }
 
     view.sendAccessibilityEvent(eventType)
@@ -1000,16 +1005,22 @@ internal constructor(
       return
     }
 
-    val viewState = getViewState(reactTag)
-    val view = viewState.view
+    val viewState = getNullableViewState(reactTag)
+
+    val view = viewState?.view
+    if (view == null) {
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException("Unable to find viewState for tag $reactTag for setJSResponder"),
+      )
+      return
+    }
+
     if (initialReactTag != reactTag && view is ViewParent) {
       // In this case, initialReactTag corresponds to a virtual/layout-only View, and we already
       // have a parent of that View in reactTag, so we can use it.
       jsResponderHandler.setJSResponder(initialReactTag, view as ViewParent)
       return
-    } else if (view == null) {
-      SoftAssertions.assertUnreachable("Cannot find view for tag [$reactTag].")
-      return
     }
 
     if (viewState.isRoot) {
@@ -1118,12 +1129,6 @@ internal constructor(
         )
   }
 
-  private fun getViewState(reactTag: Int): ViewState =
-      getNullableViewState(reactTag)
-          ?: throw RetryableMountingLayerException(
-              "Unable to find viewState for tag $reactTag. Surface stopped: $isStopped"
-          )
-
   private fun getNullableViewState(reactTag: Int): ViewState? = registryLock.read {
     tagToViewState[reactTag]
   }