diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
index 95ddd80e6d9c..0cdf3513c3b6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/FabricMountingManager.cpp
@@ -1026,6 +1026,20 @@ void FabricMountingManager::destroyUnmountedShadowNode(
   auto tag = family.getTag();
   auto surfaceId = family.getSurfaceId();
 
+  // Remove from allocatedViewRegistry so that executeMount does not skip
+  // the Create mount item for this tag. Without this, if the view was
+  // preallocated and then destroyed (e.g. due to a superseded concurrent
+  // render), executeMount would skip the Create because allocatedViewTags
+  // still contains the tag, but the Java side no longer has the view in
+  // tagToViewState (it was deleted by destroyUnmountedView below).
+  {
+    std::lock_guard allocatedViewsLock(allocatedViewsMutex_);
+    auto allocatedViewsIterator = allocatedViewRegistry_.find(surfaceId);
+    if (allocatedViewsIterator != allocatedViewRegistry_.end()) {
+      allocatedViewsIterator->second.erase(tag);
+    }
+  }
+
   // ThreadScope::WithClassLoader is necessary because
   // destroyUnmountedShadowNode is being called from a destructor thread
   jni::ThreadScope::WithClassLoader([&]() {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be7b6f0c9d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/SurfaceMountingManagerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+@file:Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+
+package com.facebook.react.fabric
+
+import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaOnlyMap
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactTestHelper
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager.MountItemExecutor
+import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.SurfaceMountingManager
+import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlagsForTests
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry
+import com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewManager
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+
+/**
+ * Tests for [SurfaceMountingManager] view lifecycle around preallocateView, deleteView, and
+ * createView.
+ *
+ * The key scenario is the interaction between view preallocation and destroyUnmountedShadowNode
+ * (D98729251): when a preallocated view is destroyed (e.g. from a superseded concurrent render),
+ * and then a new Create mount item is emitted for the same tag, the view must be recreated.
+ *
+ * NOTE: These tests verify Java-side behavior only. The C++ fix in FabricMountingManager (erasing
+ * from allocatedViewRegistry_ in destroyUnmountedShadowNode) ensures the Create mount item is
+ * emitted in the first place. That behavior requires native code and is not testable via
+ * Robolectric.
+ *
+ * See T223288217.
+ */
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class SurfaceMountingManagerTest {
+  private lateinit var mountingManager: MountingManager
+  private lateinit var themedReactContext: ThemedReactContext
+  private val surfaceId = 1
+
+  @Before
+  fun setUp() {
+    ReactNativeFeatureFlagsForTests.setUp()
+    val reactContext = ReactTestHelper.createCatalystContextForTest()
+    themedReactContext = ThemedReactContext(reactContext, reactContext, null, -1)
+    mountingManager =
+        MountingManager(
+            ViewManagerRegistry(listOf<ViewManager<*, *>>(ReactViewManager())),
+            MountItemExecutor {},
+        )
+  }
+
+  private fun startSurface(): SurfaceMountingManager {
+    val rootView = ReactRootView(themedReactContext)
+    mountingManager.startSurface(surfaceId, themedReactContext, rootView)
+    return mountingManager.getSurfaceManagerEnforced(surfaceId, "test")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun preallocateView_createsView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, true)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun deleteView_removesPreallocatedView() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, true)
+    smm.deleteView(42)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isFalse()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verifies the Java side of the scenario fixed by D98729251:
+   * 1. preallocateView creates the view
+   * 2. deleteView removes it (simulating destroyUnmountedShadowNode)
+   * 3. createView recreates it (the C++ fix ensures this Create is actually emitted)
+   * 4. addViewAt succeeds with the recreated view
+   */
+  @Test
+  fun createView_succeedsAfterPreallocateAndDelete() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, true)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.deleteView(42)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isFalse()
+
+    smm.createView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, null, true)
+    assertThat(smm.getViewExists(42)).isTrue()
+
+    smm.addViewAt(surfaceId, 42, 0)
+    assertThat(smm.getView(42)).isNotNull()
+  }
+
+  /** createView is a no-op when the view already exists from preallocate (normal case). */
+  @Test
+  fun createView_isIdempotentWhenPreallocated() {
+    val smm = startSurface()
+
+    smm.preallocateView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, true)
+    val viewBefore = smm.getView(42)
+
+    smm.createView("RCTView", 42, JavaOnlyMap.of(), null, null, true)
+    assertThat(smm.getView(42)).isSameAs(viewBefore)
+  }
+}