diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewDescriptor.h b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewDescriptor.h
index b59fb32748d283..62e3a5041837f5 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewDescriptor.h
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewDescriptor.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class RCTComponentViewDescriptor final {
    * Associated (and owned) native view instance.
    */
   __strong RCTUIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *view = nil; // [macOS]
-
+  NSInteger tag = 0; // [macOS] default is 0
   /*
    * Indicates a requirement to call on the view methods from
    * `RCTMountingTransactionObserving` protocol.
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewRegistry.mm b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewRegistry.mm
index e08a3c199dcb69..d21aebc749503c 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewRegistry.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Mounting/RCTComponentViewRegistry.mm
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ - (void)preallocateViewComponents
       @"RCTComponentViewRegistry: Attempt to dequeue already registered component.");
 
   auto componentViewDescriptor = [self _dequeueComponentViewWithComponentHandle:componentHandle];
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   componentViewDescriptor.view.tag = tag;
+#else // [macOS
+  componentViewDescriptor.tag = tag;
+#endif // macOS]
   auto it = _registry.insert({tag, componentViewDescriptor});
   return it.first->second;
 }
@@ -98,7 +102,11 @@ - (void)enqueueComponentViewWithComponentHandle:(ComponentHandle)componentHandle
       _registry.find(tag) != _registry.end(), @"RCTComponentViewRegistry: Attempt to enqueue unregistered component.");
 
   _registry.erase(tag);
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   componentViewDescriptor.view.tag = 0;
+#else // [macOS
+  componentViewDescriptor.tag = 0;
+#endif // macOS]
   [self _enqueueComponentViewWithComponentHandle:componentHandle componentViewDescriptor:componentViewDescriptor];
 }