diff --git a/React/Base/Surface/RCTSurface.mm b/React/Base/Surface/RCTSurface.mm
index 5884f84beb..6cf991cef0 100644
--- a/React/Base/Surface/RCTSurface.mm
+++ b/React/Base/Surface/RCTSurface.mm
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
 
 - (void)_setStage:(RCTSurfaceStage)stage
 {
+  RCTSurfaceStage updatedStage;
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
 
@@ -218,10 +219,11 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    _stage = (RCTSurfaceStage)(_stage | stage);
+    updatedStage = (RCTSurfaceStage)(_stage | stage);
+    _stage = updatedStage;
   }
 
-  [self _propagateStageChange:stage];
+  [self _propagateStageChange:updatedStage];
 }
 
 - (void)_propagateStageChange:(RCTSurfaceStage)stage