diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
index 61665a11dd944c..94515d47be1273 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ protected void init(int surfaceId, int viewTag, long timestampMs) {
     // We infer UIManagerType. Even though it's not passed in explicitly, we have a
     // contract that Fabric events *always* have a SurfaceId passed in, and non-Fabric events
     // NEVER have a SurfaceId passed in (the default/placeholder of -1 is passed in instead).
+    //
     // Why does this matter?
     // Events can be sent to Views that are part of the View hierarchy *but not directly managed
     // by React Native*. For example, embedded custom hierachies, Litho hierachies, etc.
-    // In those cases it's important to konw that the Event should be sent to the Fabric or
+    // In those cases it's important to know that the Event should be sent to the Fabric or
     // non-Fabric UIManager, and we cannot use the ViewTag for inference since it's not controlled
     // by RN and is essentially a random number.
     // At some point it would be great to pass the SurfaceContext here instead.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
index a1eb560914b6e4..b1098cb0f63e04 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/ReactEventEmitter.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public void receiveTouches(
   @Override
   public void receiveTouches(TouchEvent event) {
     int reactTag = event.getViewTag();
-    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(reactTag);
+    @UIManagerType int uiManagerType = event.getUIManagerType();
     if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.FABRIC && mFabricEventEmitter != null) {
       mFabricEventEmitter.receiveTouches(event);
     } else if (uiManagerType == UIManagerType.DEFAULT && getEventEmitter(reactTag) != null) {