diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/macOS/RCTUIKit.m b/packages/react-native/React/Base/macOS/RCTUIKit.m
index 042c64b94fda23..08e6c95545ac6d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/macOS/RCTUIKit.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/macOS/RCTUIKit.m
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ @implementation RCTUIView
   BOOL _clipsToBounds;
   BOOL _userInteractionEnabled;
   BOOL _mouseDownCanMoveWindow;
+  BOOL _respondsToDisplayLayer;
 }
 
 + (NSSet<NSString *> *)keyPathsForValuesAffectingValueForKey:(NSString *)key
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ @implementation RCTUIView
     self->_userInteractionEnabled = YES;
     self->_enableFocusRing = YES;
     self->_mouseDownCanMoveWindow = YES;
+    self->_respondsToDisplayLayer = [self respondsToSelector:@selector(displayLayer:)];
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -259,7 +261,12 @@ - (void)updateLayer
     // so it has to be reset from the view's NSColor ivar.
     [layer setBackgroundColor:[_backgroundColor CGColor]];
   }
-  [(id<CALayerDelegate>)self displayLayer:layer];
+
+  // In Fabric, wantsUpdateLayer is always enabled and doesn't guarantee that
+  // the instance has a displayLayer method.
+  if (_respondsToDisplayLayer) {
+    [(id<CALayerDelegate>)self displayLayer:layer];
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 08fd12bbd59325..af394b1535ddf7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -2025,6 +2025,11 @@ - (NSString *)componentViewName_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_IS_BROKEN
   return RCTNSStringFromString([[self class] componentDescriptorProvider].name);
 }
 
+- (BOOL)wantsUpdateLayer
+{
+  return YES;
+}
+
 @end
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus