diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
index 47399cc691..fddcb5ce7c 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   _componentDataByName = [NSMutableDictionary new];
   for (Class moduleClass in _bridge.moduleClasses) {
     if ([moduleClass isSubclassOfClass:[RCTViewManager class]]) {
-      RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:moduleClass bridge:_bridge];
+      RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:moduleClass
+                                                                                bridge:_bridge
+                                                                       eventDispatcher:_bridge.eventDispatcher];
       _componentDataByName[componentData.name] = componentData;
     }
   }
@@ -1577,7 +1579,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_BLOCKING_SYNCHRONOUS_METHOD(lazilyLoadView : (NSString *)name)
     return @{};
   }
 
-  RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:[module class] bridge:self.bridge];
+  RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:[module class]
+                                                                            bridge:self.bridge
+                                                                   eventDispatcher:self.bridge.eventDispatcher];
   _componentDataByName[componentData.name] = componentData;
   NSMutableDictionary *directEvents = [NSMutableDictionary new];
   NSMutableDictionary *bubblingEvents = [NSMutableDictionary new];
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTComponentData.h b/React/Views/RCTComponentData.h
index 90c67856a9..6a1fdb7a2f 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTComponentData.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTComponentData.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 @class RCTBridge;
 @class RCTShadowView;
 @class UIView;
+@class RCTEventDispatcherProtocol;
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) RCTViewManager *bridgelessViewManager;
 
-- (instancetype)initWithManagerClass:(Class)managerClass bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
+- (instancetype)initWithManagerClass:(Class)managerClass
+                              bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
+                     eventDispatcher:(id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
 
 - (UIView *)createViewWithTag:(nullable NSNumber *)tag rootTag:(nullable NSNumber *)rootTag;
 - (RCTShadowView *)createShadowViewWithTag:(NSNumber *)tag;
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m b/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
index 2e013112fb..5819e4d1f9 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTComponentData.m
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #import "RCTBridgeModule.h"
 #import "RCTComponentEvent.h"
 #import "RCTConvert.h"
+#import "RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h"
 #import "RCTParserUtils.h"
 #import "RCTShadowView.h"
 #import "RCTUtils.h"
@@ -36,15 +37,19 @@ static SEL selectorForType(NSString *type)
   RCTPropBlockDictionary *_viewPropBlocks;
   RCTPropBlockDictionary *_shadowPropBlocks;
   __weak RCTBridge *_bridge;
+  __weak id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> _eventDispatcher;
 }
 
 @synthesize manager = _manager;
 @synthesize bridgelessViewManager = _bridgelessViewManager;
 
-- (instancetype)initWithManagerClass:(Class)managerClass bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
+- (instancetype)initWithManagerClass:(Class)managerClass
+                              bridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
+                     eventDispatcher:(id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher
 {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
     _bridge = bridge;
+    _eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
     _managerClass = managerClass;
     _viewPropBlocks = [NSMutableDictionary new];
     _shadowPropBlocks = [NSMutableDictionary new];
@@ -104,10 +109,13 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)init)
   }
 }
 
-static RCTPropBlock
-createEventSetter(NSString *propName, SEL setter, InterceptorBlock eventInterceptor, RCTBridge *bridge)
+static RCTPropBlock createEventSetter(
+    NSString *propName,
+    SEL setter,
+    InterceptorBlock eventInterceptor,
+    id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> eventDispatcher)
 {
-  __weak RCTBridge *weakBridge = bridge;
+  __weak id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> weakEventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
   return ^(id target, id json) {
     void (^eventHandler)(NSDictionary *event) = nil;
     if ([RCTConvert BOOL:json]) {
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ createEventSetter(NSString *propName, SEL setter, InterceptorBlock eventIntercep
           RCTComponentEvent *componentEvent = [[RCTComponentEvent alloc] initWithName:propName
                                                                               viewTag:strongTarget.reactTag
                                                                                  body:event];
-          [weakBridge.eventDispatcher sendEvent:componentEvent];
+          [weakEventDispatcher sendEvent:componentEvent];
         }
       };
     }
@@ -254,7 +262,8 @@ static RCTPropBlock createNSInvocationSetter(NSMethodSignature *typeSignature, S
     if (type == NSSelectorFromString(@"RCTBubblingEventBlock:") ||
         type == NSSelectorFromString(@"RCTDirectEventBlock:")) {
       // Special case for event handlers
-      setterBlock = createEventSetter(name, setter, self.eventInterceptor, _bridge);
+      setterBlock =
+          createEventSetter(name, setter, self.eventInterceptor, _bridge ? _bridge.eventDispatcher : _eventDispatcher);
     } else {
       // Ordinary property handlers
       NSMethodSignature *typeSignature = [[RCTConvert class] methodSignatureForSelector:type];
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
index 3c6648d8fc..534c3bb495 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/legacyviewmanagerinterop/LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.mm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "LegacyViewManagerInteropComponentDescriptor.h"
 #include <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #include <React/RCTComponentData.h>
+#include <React/RCTEventDispatcher.h>
 #include <React/RCTModuleData.h>
 #include <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 #include <react/utils/ContextContainer.h>
@@ -64,8 +65,16 @@ static std::shared_ptr<void> const constructCoordinator(
   if (optionalBridge) {
     bridge = unwrapManagedObjectWeakly(optionalBridge.value());
   }
+
+  auto optionalEventDispatcher = contextContainer->find<std::shared_ptr<void>>("RCTEventDispatcher");
+  RCTEventDispatcher *eventDispatcher;
+  if (optionalEventDispatcher) {
+    eventDispatcher = unwrapManagedObject(optionalEventDispatcher.value());
+  }
+
   RCTComponentData *componentData = [[RCTComponentData alloc] initWithManagerClass:module
-                                                                            bridge:bridge];
+                                                                            bridge:bridge
+                                                                   eventDispatcher:eventDispatcher];
   return wrapManagedObject([[RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropCoordinator alloc] initWithComponentData:componentData
                                                                                           bridge:bridge]);
 }