diff --git a/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm b/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
index ccc2595b..7d5c6cf1 100644
--- a/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ @implementation RNCPagerViewComponentView {
     NSInteger _destinationIndex;
     BOOL _overdrag;
     NSString *_layoutDirection;
+    BOOL _scrollEnabled;
 }
 
 // Needed because of this: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/37274
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ - (void)initializeNativePageViewController {
             scrollView = (UIScrollView *)subview;
         }
     }
+    
+    // Apply scroll enabled state if it was set before initialization
+    [self applyScrollEnabled];
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
         _destinationIndex = -1;
         _layoutDirection = @"ltr";
         _overdrag = NO;
+        _scrollEnabled = YES;
     }
     
     return self;
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ -(void)prepareForRecycle {
     [super prepareForRecycle];
     _nativePageViewController = nil;
     _currentIndex = -1;
+    _scrollEnabled = YES;
 }
 
 - (void)shouldDismissKeyboard:(RNCViewPagerKeyboardDismissMode)dismissKeyboard {
@@ -143,6 +149,12 @@ - (void)shouldDismissKeyboard:(RNCViewPagerKeyboardDismissMode)dismissKeyboard {
 #endif
 }
 
+- (void)applyScrollEnabled {
+    if (scrollView != nil) {
+        scrollView.scrollEnabled = _scrollEnabled;
+    }
+}
+
 
 - (void)updateProps:(const facebook::react::Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const facebook::react::Props::Shared &)oldProps{
     const auto &oldScreenProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<const RNCViewPagerProps>(_props);
@@ -165,8 +177,9 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const facebook::react::Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(cons
         [self shouldDismissKeyboard: newScreenProps.keyboardDismissMode];
     }
     
-    if (newScreenProps.scrollEnabled != scrollView.scrollEnabled) {
-        scrollView.scrollEnabled = newScreenProps.scrollEnabled;
+    if (oldScreenProps.scrollEnabled != newScreenProps.scrollEnabled) {
+        _scrollEnabled = newScreenProps.scrollEnabled;
+        [self applyScrollEnabled];
     }
     
     if (newScreenProps.overdrag != _overdrag) {
@@ -387,7 +400,8 @@ - (void)setPageWithoutAnimation:(NSInteger)index {
 }
 
 - (void)setScrollEnabledImperatively:(BOOL)scrollEnabled {
-    [scrollView setScrollEnabled:scrollEnabled];
+    _scrollEnabled = scrollEnabled;
+    [self applyScrollEnabled];
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Helpers