diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index b6c66d30ffdba5..3d6ad539a58129 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
-
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;
@@ -39,6 +36,9 @@
 import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
 import com.facebook.systrace.SystraceMessage;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
+
 /**
  * Delegate of {@link UIManagerModule} that owns the native view hierarchy and mapping between
  * native view names used in JS and corresponding instances of {@link ViewManager}. The
@@ -232,17 +232,20 @@ private static String constructManageChildrenErrorMessage(
       @Nullable int[] tagsToDelete) {
     StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 
-    stringBuilder.append("View tag:" + viewToManage.getId() + "\n");
-    stringBuilder.append("  children(" + viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage) + "): [\n");
-    for (int index=0; index<viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage); index+=16) {
-      for (int innerOffset=0;
-           ((index+innerOffset) < viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage)) && innerOffset < 16;
-           innerOffset++) {
-        stringBuilder.append(viewManager.getChildAt(viewToManage, index+innerOffset).getId() + ",");
+    if (null != viewToManage) {
+      stringBuilder.append("View tag:" + viewToManage.getId() + "\n");
+      stringBuilder.append("  children(" + viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage) + "): [\n");
+      for (int index=0; index<viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage); index+=16) {
+        for (int innerOffset=0;
+             ((index+innerOffset) < viewManager.getChildCount(viewToManage)) && innerOffset < 16;
+             innerOffset++) {
+          stringBuilder.append(viewManager.getChildAt(viewToManage, index+innerOffset).getId() + ",");
+        }
+        stringBuilder.append("\n");
       }
-      stringBuilder.append("\n");
+      stringBuilder.append(" ],\n");
     }
-    stringBuilder.append(" ],\n");
+
     if (indicesToRemove != null) {
       stringBuilder.append("  indicesToRemove(" + indicesToRemove.length + "): [\n");
       for (int index = 0; index < indicesToRemove.length; index += 16) {