diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountItemDispatcher.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountItemDispatcher.java
index 53c9ce0eb54982..22dc4a682c0fd0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountItemDispatcher.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountItemDispatcher.java
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ public void tryDispatchMountItems() {
       } finally {
         mInDispatch = false;
       }
+
+      // We call didDispatchMountItems regardless of whether we actually dispatched anything, since
+      // NativeAnimatedModule relies on this for executing any animations that may have been
+      // scheduled
+      mItemDispatchListener.didDispatchMountItems();
     } else {
       final boolean didDispatchItems;
       try {