diff --git a/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/RuntimeTestsExample.tsx b/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/RuntimeTestsExample.tsx
index 6a460dbf4ef..4ad23f2af2d 100644
--- a/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/RuntimeTestsExample.tsx
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/RuntimeTestsExample.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export default function RuntimeTestsExample() {
             require('./tests/core/useDerivedValue/chain.test');
 
             require('./tests/core/useSharedValue/animationsCompilerApi.test');
+
+            require('./tests/core/onLayout.test');
           },
         },
         {
diff --git a/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/tests/core/onLayout.test.tsx b/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/tests/core/onLayout.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb138eccc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/tests/core/onLayout.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import type { LayoutChangeEvent } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { runOnJS, runOnUI, useAnimatedStyle, useEvent, useSharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { describe, expect, notify, render, test, wait, waitForNotify } from '../../ReJest/RuntimeTestsApi';
+
+interface TestResult {
+  height: number;
+  animatedHandlerCalled: boolean;
+}
+
+const TestComponent = ({ result, notifyId }: { result: TestResult; notifyId: number }) => {
+  const height = useSharedValue(styles.smallBox.height);
+
+  const onLayout = (event: LayoutChangeEvent) => {
+    result.height = event.nativeEvent.layout.height;
+    if (result.height === 200) {
+      notify(`onLayout${notifyId}`);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+    return { height: height.value };
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    runOnUI(() => {
+      height.value += 100;
+    })();
+  }, [height]);
+
+  const setAnimatedHandlerCalled = () => {
+    result.animatedHandlerCalled = true;
+    notify(`animatedOnLayout${notifyId}`);
+  };
+
+  const animatedOnLayout = useEvent(() => {
+    'worklet';
+    runOnJS(setAnimatedHandlerCalled)();
+  }, ['onLayout']);
+
+  return (
+    <View onLayout={onLayout}>
+      <Animated.View style={[styles.smallBox, animatedStyle]} onLayout={animatedOnLayout} />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+describe('onLayout', () => {
+  test('is not intercepted when there are no registered event handlers', async () => {
+    const result = {} as TestResult;
+    await render(<TestComponent result={result} notifyId={1} />);
+    await Promise.race([waitForNotify('onLayout1'), wait(1000)]);
+    expect(result.height).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test('is dispatched to the registered event handler', async () => {
+    const result = {} as TestResult;
+    await render(<TestComponent result={result} notifyId={2} />);
+    await Promise.race([waitForNotify('animatedOnLayout2'), wait(1000)]);
+    expect(result.animatedHandlerCalled).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  smallBox: {
+    width: 100,
+    height: 100,
+    backgroundColor: 'pink',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/ReanimatedModuleProxy.cpp b/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/ReanimatedModuleProxy.cpp
index b159b070d6c..39599f6e45e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/ReanimatedModuleProxy.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/ReanimatedModuleProxy.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,11 @@ bool ReanimatedModuleProxy::handleRawEvent(
   if (eventType.rfind("top", 0) == 0) {
     eventType = "on" + eventType.substr(3);
   }
+
+  if (!isAnyHandlerWaitingForEvent(eventType, tag)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   jsi::Runtime &rt =
       workletsModuleProxy_->getUIWorkletRuntime()->getJSIRuntime();
   const auto &eventPayload = rawEvent.eventPayload;