diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
index 7abb7d653..b08999518 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
@@ -530,10 +530,6 @@ public void onChildViewAdded(View view, View view1) {
           @Override
           public void onChildViewRemoved(View view, View view1) {
             if (view instanceof VirtualView) {
-              SvgView svgView = ((VirtualView) view).getSvgView();
-              if (svgView != null) {
-                svgView.setRemovedFromReactViewHierarchy();
-              }
               invalidateSvgView((V) view);
             }
           }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java
index bb4e1bb7f..312719c3c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgView.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public String toString() {
   }
 
   private @Nullable Bitmap mBitmap;
-  private boolean mRemovedFromReactViewHierarchy;
+  private boolean mRemovalTransitionStarted;
 
   public SvgView(ReactContext reactContext) {
     super(reactContext);
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ public void setId(int id) {
     SvgViewManager.setSvgView(id, this);
   }
 
-  public void setRemovedFromReactViewHierarchy() {
-    mRemovedFromReactViewHierarchy = true;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void invalidate() {
     super.invalidate();
@@ -90,7 +86,7 @@ public void invalidate() {
       ((VirtualView) parent).getSvgView().invalidate();
       return;
     }
-    if (!mRemovedFromReactViewHierarchy) {
+    if (!mRemovalTransitionStarted) {
       // when view is removed from the view hierarchy, we want to recycle the mBitmap when
       // the view is detached from window, in order to preserve it for during animation, see
       // https://github.com/react-native-svg/react-native-svg/pull/1542
@@ -101,6 +97,11 @@ public void invalidate() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void startViewTransition(View view) {
+    mRemovalTransitionStarted = true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
     super.onDetachedFromWindow();