diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
index d9cd860098cbc6..a189a538453704 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ ShadowNodeFamily::ShadowNodeFamily(
       eventEmitter_(std::move(eventEmitter)),
       componentDescriptor_(componentDescriptor),
       componentHandle_(componentDescriptor.getComponentHandle()),
-      componentName_(componentDescriptor.getComponentName()) {}
+      componentName_(componentDescriptor.getComponentName()),
+      isDeletionOfUnmountedViewsEnabled_(
+          ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableDeletionOfUnmountedViews()) {}
 
 void ShadowNodeFamily::setParent(const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared& parent) const {
   react_native_assert(parent_.lock() == nullptr || parent_.lock() == parent);
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ Tag ShadowNodeFamily::getTag() const {
 }
 
 ShadowNodeFamily::~ShadowNodeFamily() {
-  if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableDeletionOfUnmountedViews() &&
-      !hasBeenMounted_ && onUnmountedFamilyDestroyedCallback_ != nullptr) {
+  if (isDeletionOfUnmountedViewsEnabled_ && !hasBeenMounted_ &&
+      onUnmountedFamilyDestroyedCallback_ != nullptr) {
     onUnmountedFamilyDestroyedCallback_(*this);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
index c06213774192dd..44453ccd490020 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNodeFamily.h
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ class ShadowNodeFamily final {
    * Determines if the ShadowNodeFamily was ever mounted on the screen.
    */
   mutable bool hasBeenMounted_{false};
+
+  /*
+   * Determines if Views that were never mounted on the screen should be deleted
+   * when the shadow node family is destroyed.
+   */
+  const bool isDeletionOfUnmountedViewsEnabled_;
 };
 
 } // namespace facebook::react