diff --git a/React/Base/RCTAssert.h b/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
index 3b934f9d86..7c7fc2e6fa 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTAssert.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *RCTFormatStackTrace(NSArray<NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *>
 // MARK: - New Architecture Validation
 
 typedef enum {
+  RCTNotAllowedValidationDisabled = 0,
   RCTNotAllowedInAppWideFabric = 1,
   RCTNotAllowedInBridgeless = 2,
 } RCTNotAllowedValidation;
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ typedef enum {
  *
  * Note: enabling this at runtime is not early enough to report issues within ObjC class +load execution.
  */
-__attribute__((used)) RCT_EXTERN void RCTEnableNewArchitectureValidationReporting(RCTNotAllowedValidation type);
+__attribute__((used)) RCT_EXTERN void RCTNewArchitectureValidationSetEnabled(RCTNotAllowedValidation type);
 
 // When new architecture validation reporting is enabled, trigger an assertion and crash.
 __attribute__((used)) RCT_EXTERN void
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTAssert.m b/React/Base/RCTAssert.m
index 00b4f96398..4044456646 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTAssert.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTAssert.m
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ RCTFatalExceptionHandler RCTGetFatalExceptionHandler(void)
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCHITECTURE
 static RCTNotAllowedValidation validationReportingEnabled = RCTNotAllowedInBridgeless;
 #else
-static RCTNotAllowedValidation validationReportingEnabled = 0;
+static RCTNotAllowedValidation validationReportingEnabled = RCTNotAllowedValidationDisabled;
 #endif
 
-__attribute__((used)) RCT_EXTERN void RCTEnableNewArchitectureValidationReporting(RCTNotAllowedValidation type)
+__attribute__((used)) RCT_EXTERN void RCTNewArchitectureValidationSetEnabled(RCTNotAllowedValidation type)
 {
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCHITECTURE
   // Cannot disable the reporting in this mode.
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ static BOOL shouldEnforceValidation(RCTNotAllowedValidation type)
           validationReportingEnabled == RCTNotAllowedInAppWideFabric;
     case RCTNotAllowedInBridgeless:
       return validationReportingEnabled == RCTNotAllowedInBridgeless;
+    case RCTNotAllowedValidationDisabled:
+      return NO;
   }
   return NO;
 }
@@ -279,6 +281,9 @@ static NSString *validationMessage(RCTNotAllowedValidation type, id context, NSS
 {
   NSString *notAllowedType;
   switch (type) {
+    case RCTNotAllowedValidationDisabled:
+      RCTAssert(0, @"RCTNotAllowedValidationDisabled not a validation type.");
+      break;
     case RCTNotAllowedInAppWideFabric:
       notAllowedType = @"Fabric";
       break;