diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSTouchDispatcher.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSTouchDispatcher.java
index ba8d56be8ad2fe..86abf04fdd3f19 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSTouchDispatcher.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/JSTouchDispatcher.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
@@ -74,12 +73,7 @@ public void handleTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev, EventDispatcher eventDispatcher) {
       // this gesture
       mChildIsHandlingNativeGesture = false;
       mGestureStartTime = ev.getEventTime();
-      mTargetTag = TouchTargetHelper.findTargetTagAndCoordinatesForTouch(
-        ev.getX(),
-        ev.getY(),
-        mRootViewGroup,
-        mTargetCoordinates,
-        null);
+      mTargetTag = findTargetTagAndSetCoordinates(ev);
       eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
         TouchEvent.obtain(
           mTargetTag,
@@ -103,6 +97,7 @@ public void handleTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev, EventDispatcher eventDispatcher) {
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
       // End of the gesture. We reset target tag to -1 and expect no further event associated with
       // this gesture.
+      findTargetTagAndSetCoordinates(ev);
       eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
         TouchEvent.obtain(
           mTargetTag,
@@ -116,6 +111,7 @@ public void handleTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev, EventDispatcher eventDispatcher) {
       mGestureStartTime = TouchEvent.UNSET;
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) {
       // Update pointer position for current gesture
+      findTargetTagAndSetCoordinates(ev);
       eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
         TouchEvent.obtain(
           mTargetTag,
@@ -165,6 +161,12 @@ public void handleTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev, EventDispatcher eventDispatcher) {
     }
   }
 
+  private int findTargetTagAndSetCoordinates(MotionEvent ev) {
+    // This method updates `mTargetCoordinates` with coordinates for the motion event.
+    return TouchTargetHelper.findTargetTagAndCoordinatesForTouch(
+        ev.getX(), ev.getY(), mRootViewGroup, mTargetCoordinates, null);
+  }
+
   private void dispatchCancelEvent(MotionEvent androidEvent, EventDispatcher eventDispatcher) {
     // This means the gesture has already ended, via some other CANCEL or UP event. This is not
     // expected to happen very often as it would mean some child View has decided to intercept the