diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenFragment.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenFragment.kt
index 65c6e304da..b6af7755ef 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenFragment.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenFragment.kt
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ open class ScreenFragment :
     override fun onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy()
         val container = screen.container
-        if (container == null || !container.hasScreen(this.screen.fragmentWrapper)) {
+        val isScreenDismissed = container == null || !container.hasScreen(this.screen.fragmentWrapper)
+        if (isScreenDismissed) {
             // we only send dismissed even when the screen has been removed from its container
             val screenContext = screen.context
             if (screenContext is ReactContext) {
@@ -325,6 +326,16 @@ open class ScreenFragment :
                     .getEventDispatcherForReactTag(screenContext, screen.id)
                     ?.dispatchEvent(ScreenDismissedEvent(surfaceId, screen.id))
             }
+            // Break the Screen->fragmentWrapper retain cycle so Fabric's
+            // SurfaceMountingManager.mTagToViewState doesn't keep the destroyed
+            // ScreenFragment alive. Gated on isScreenDismissed since onDestroy
+            // can also fire in non-dismissal lifecycle paths where the wrapper
+            // must remain reachable. Identity guard avoids clobbering a wrapper
+            // that has been re-assigned to a different fragment.
+            // See: https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens/issues/3755
+            if (this.screen.fragmentWrapper === this) {
+                this.screen.fragmentWrapper = null
+            }
         }
         childScreenContainers.clear()
     }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
index 2987072537..c0664540ff 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenViewManager.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ open class ScreenViewManager :
         view.onFinalizePropsUpdate()
     }
 
+    // Belt-and-braces fragmentWrapper cleanup, in case Fabric drops the view
+    // without ScreenFragment.onDestroy firing on schedule. Breaks the
+    // Screen->fragmentWrapper retain cycle so SurfaceMountingManager doesn't
+    // keep the destroyed fragment alive. Guarded so we only null when no
+    // fragment is currently attached.
+    // See: https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens/issues/3755
+    override fun onDropViewInstance(view: Screen) {
+        if (view.fragmentWrapper?.fragment?.isAdded != true) {
+            view.fragmentWrapper = null
+        }
+        super.onDropViewInstance(view)
+    }
+
     fun setActivityState(
         view: Screen,
         activityState: Int,