diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
index fb8918fcd0d1..a153bea92bb4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
@@ -838,7 +838,15 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       cancelPostTouchScrolling();
     }
 
-    return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    try {
+      return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error handling touch event.", e);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactNestedScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactNestedScrollView.java
index a49ef0460083..864d365eb1eb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactNestedScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactNestedScrollView.java
@@ -680,7 +680,15 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       cancelPostTouchScrolling();
     }
 
-    return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    try {
+      return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error handling touch event.", e);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index d263aab7c5a4..1d3c03da6ef3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -672,7 +672,15 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
       cancelPostTouchScrolling();
     }
 
-    return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    try {
+      return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // Log and ignore the error. This seems to be a bug in the android SDK and
+      // this is the commonly accepted workaround.
+      // https://tinyurl.com/mw6qkod (Stack Overflow)
+      FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Error handling touch event.", e);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override