diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
index 7dbcb788c3ac..7e52edb5a2c7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
@@ -640,13 +640,13 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean dispatchGenericPointerEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-    // We do not dispatch the pointer event if its children are not supposed to receive it
+  public boolean dispatchGenericMotionEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
+    // We do not dispatch the motion event if its children are not supposed to receive it
     if (!PointerEvents.canChildrenBeTouchTarget(mPointerEvents)) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    return super.dispatchGenericPointerEvent(ev);
+    return super.dispatchGenericMotionEvent(ev);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index 49f7326f0a22..50fc9b0bc43c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -463,13 +463,13 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean dispatchGenericPointerEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-    // We do not dispatch the pointer event if its children are not supposed to receive it
+  public boolean dispatchGenericMotionEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
+    // We do not dispatch the motion event if its children are not supposed to receive it
     if (!PointerEvents.canChildrenBeTouchTarget(mPointerEvents)) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    return super.dispatchGenericPointerEvent(ev);
+    return super.dispatchGenericMotionEvent(ev);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index af5dea7170d4..bc5d22b34cc2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean dispatchGenericPointerEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-    // We do not dispatch the pointer event if its children are not supposed to receive it
+  public boolean dispatchGenericMotionEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
+    // We do not dispatch the motion event if its children are not supposed to receive it
     if (!PointerEvents.canChildrenBeTouchTarget(mPointerEvents)) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    return super.dispatchGenericPointerEvent(ev);
+    return super.dispatchGenericMotionEvent(ev);
   }
 
   /**