diff --git a/ios/fabric/RNDateTimePickerComponentView.mm b/ios/fabric/RNDateTimePickerComponentView.mm
index 3afc9c09..ec9d7cdc 100644
--- a/ios/fabric/RNDateTimePickerComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/fabric/RNDateTimePickerComponentView.mm
@@ -115,10 +115,9 @@ + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
     return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<RNDateTimePickerComponentDescriptor>();
 }
 
-- (void)prepareForRecycle
++ (BOOL)shouldBeRecycled
 {
-    [super prepareForRecycle];
-    _state.reset();
+  return NO;
 }
 
 -(void)updateTextColorForPicker:(UIDatePicker *)picker color:(UIColor *)color