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 0c8c7bf05502..bc554d1dfd49 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
@@ -425,7 +425,13 @@ internal constructor(
     }
 
     val parentView = parentViewState.view
-    checkNotNull(parentView) { "Unable to find parentView for tag $parentTag" }
+    if (parentView == null) {
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException("ViewState has no view for tag: [$parentTag] for removeViewAt"),
+      )
+      return
+    }
     if (parentView !is ViewGroup) {
       ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
           TAG,
@@ -886,7 +892,14 @@ internal constructor(
       return
     }
 
-    val viewToUpdate = checkNotNull(viewState.view) { "Unable to find View for tag: $reactTag" }
+    val viewToUpdate = viewState.view
+    if (viewToUpdate == null) {
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException("ViewState has no view for tag: [$reactTag] for updatePadding"),
+      )
+      return
+    }
     val viewManager =
         checkNotNull(viewState.viewManager) { "Unable to find ViewManager for view: $viewState" }
 
@@ -922,7 +935,15 @@ internal constructor(
     }
 
     val viewToUpdate = viewState.view
-    checkNotNull(viewToUpdate) { "Unable to find View for tag: $reactTag" }
+    if (viewToUpdate == null) {
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException(
+              "ViewState has no view for tag: [$reactTag] for updateOverflowInset",
+          ),
+      )
+      return
+    }
 
     if (viewToUpdate is ReactOverflowViewWithInset) {
       (viewToUpdate as ReactOverflowViewWithInset).setOverflowInset(
@@ -953,9 +974,16 @@ internal constructor(
     val prevStateWrapper = viewState.stateWrapper
     viewState.stateWrapper = stateWrapper
 
-    val viewManager =
-        checkNotNull(viewState.viewManager) { "Unable to find ViewManager for tag: $reactTag" }
-    val view = checkNotNull(viewState.view)
+    val viewManager = viewState.viewManager
+    val view = viewState.view
+    if (viewManager == null || view == null) {
+      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
+          ReactSoftExceptionLogger.Categories.SURFACE_MOUNTING_MANAGER_MISSING_VIEWSTATE,
+          ReactNoCrashSoftException("ViewState has no view for tag: [$reactTag] for updateState"),
+      )
+      prevStateWrapper?.destroyState()
+      return
+    }
 
     val extraData = viewManager.updateState(view, viewState.currentProps, stateWrapper)
     if (extraData != null) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt
index 06aed3ab2c69..71cbd7362add 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager.MountItemExecutor
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.SurfaceMountingManager
 import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlagsForTests
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.StateWrapper
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
 
@@ -195,4 +198,69 @@ class SurfaceMountingManagerTest {
     smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, true)
     assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A ViewState can exist without an Android View (createViewUnsafe only creates one when the node
+   * is layoutable). updateOverflowInset on such a tag used to throw and tear down the surface; it
+   * should log a soft exception and return, as the missing-viewState branch already does.
+   */
+  @Test
+  fun updateOverflowInset_doesNotThrowWhenViewStateHasNoView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    // isLayoutable = false: a ViewState is registered, but no Android View is created for it.
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, false)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.updateOverflowInset(42, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+  }
+
+  /** Same as above, for updatePadding. */
+  @Test
+  fun updatePadding_doesNotThrowWhenViewStateHasNoView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    // isLayoutable = false: a ViewState is registered, but no Android View is created for it.
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, false)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.updatePadding(42, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+  }
+
+  /** Same as above, for removeViewAt when the parent's ViewState has no View. */
+  @Test
+  fun removeViewAt_doesNotThrowWhenParentViewStateHasNoView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    // isLayoutable = false: a ViewState is registered, but no Android View is created for it.
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, false)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.removeViewAt(43, 42, 0)
+  }
+
+  /** Same as above, for updateState. */
+  @Test
+  fun updateState_doesNotThrowWhenViewStateHasNoView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    // isLayoutable = false: a ViewState is registered, but no View or ViewManager is set on it.
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, false)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.updateState(42, null)
+  }
+
+  /** The early return in updateState must still free the replaced state wrapper. */
+  @Test
+  fun updateState_destroysPreviousStateWhenViewStateHasNoView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, false)
+
+    val first = mock<StateWrapper>()
+    smm.updateState(42, first)
+    smm.updateState(42, mock())
+
+    verify(first).destroyState()
+  }
 }