diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 9cdf291cb89..9a0c622d4bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ public ViewManagerRegistry getViewManagerRegistry_DO_NOT_USE() {
    *     will be removed in a future release.
    */
   @Deprecated
-  public @Nullable UIImplementation getUIImplementation() {
-    return null;
+  public UIImplementation getUIImplementation() {
+    return new UIImplementation(null, null, null, 0);
   }
 
   private static Map<String, Object> createConstants(ViewManagerResolver viewManagerResolver) {