diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index ed8369cba..4ac993cf5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager {
       ReactShadowNode node = viewManager.createShadowNodeInstance(mReactApplicationContext);
       ReactShadowNode rootNode = getRootNode(rootTag);
       node.setRootNode(rootNode);
+      node.setViewClassName(viewName);
       node.setReactTag(reactTag);
       node.setThemedContext(rootNode.getThemedContext());
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
index fe807cfc2..5624324c0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
       mShouldNotifyOnLayout = original.mShouldNotifyOnLayout;
       mNodeUpdated = original.mNodeUpdated;
       mChildren = original.mChildren == null ? null : new ArrayList<>(original.mChildren);
-      mParent = original.mParent;
+      mParent = null;
       mIsLayoutOnly = original.mIsLayoutOnly;
       mTotalNativeChildren = original.mTotalNativeChildren;
       mNativeParent = original.mNativeParent;