diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
index dd7334f48463b..5f34d2ac2b52f 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ var ReactBrowserEventEmitter = Object.assign({}, ReactEventEmitterMixin, {
       );
       ReactBrowserEventEmitter.ReactEventListener = ReactEventListener;
     },
+
+    /**
+     * @param {boolean} hasEventPageXY
+     */
+    injectHasEventPageXY: function(val) {
+      hasEventPageXY = val;
+    },
   },
 
   /**
@@ -359,8 +366,12 @@ var ReactBrowserEventEmitter = Object.assign({}, ReactEventEmitterMixin, {
    */
   ensureScrollValueMonitoring: function() {
     if (hasEventPageXY === undefined) {
-      hasEventPageXY =
-        document.createEvent && 'pageX' in document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
+      if (document.createEvent) {
+        var evt = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
+        hasEventPageXY = evt !== null && 'pageX' in evt;
+      } else {
+        hasEventPageXY = false;
+      }
     }
     if (!hasEventPageXY && !isMonitoringScrollValue) {
       var refresh = ViewportMetrics.refreshScrollValues;
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/__tests__/ReactBrowserEventEmitter-test.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/__tests__/ReactBrowserEventEmitter-test.js
index 009bc5d223608..1cd094f7a7491 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/__tests__/ReactBrowserEventEmitter-test.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/__tests__/ReactBrowserEventEmitter-test.js
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ describe('ReactBrowserEventEmitter', function() {
     expect(LISTENER.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it('should not crash ensureScrollValueMonitoring when createEvent returns null', function() {
+    var originalCreateEvent = document.createEvent;
+    var mockedCreateEvent = jest.fn().mockImplementation(function() {
+      return null;
+    });
+    try {
+      document.createEvent = mockedCreateEvent;
+      ReactBrowserEventEmitter.injection.injectHasEventPageXY(undefined);
+      ReactBrowserEventEmitter.ensureScrollValueMonitoring();
+    } finally {
+      document.createEvent = originalCreateEvent;
+    }
+
+    expect(mockedCreateEvent.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it(
     'should not invoke handlers if ReactBrowserEventEmitter is disabled',
     function() {