diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
index f67e79a3b02432..24646d861c503f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSPointerDispatcher.java
@@ -358,10 +358,11 @@ private void onMove(
     int activePointerId = motionEvent.getPointerId(actionIndex);
     float x = motionEvent.getX();
     float y = motionEvent.getY();
-    List<ViewTarget> lastHitPath =
-        mLastHitPathByPointerId.containsKey(activePointerId)
-            ? mLastHitPathByPointerId.get(activePointerId)
-            : Collections.emptyList();
+    List<ViewTarget> lastHitPath = mLastHitPathByPointerId.get(activePointerId);
+
+    if (lastHitPath == null) {
+      lastHitPath =  Collections.emptyList();
+    }
 
     float[] lastEventCoordinates =
         mLastEventCoodinatesByPointerId.containsKey(activePointerId)