diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
index b43cdbd20ede..3b5816a7e21c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/SurfaceMountingManager.kt
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ internal constructor(
               "Unable to find viewState for tag $reactTag. Surface stopped: $isStopped"
           )
 
-  private inline fun getNullableViewState(reactTag: Int): ViewState? = registryLock.read {
+  private fun getNullableViewState(reactTag: Int): ViewState? = registryLock.read {
     tagToViewState[reactTag]
   }