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..7d74fecaf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/examples/RuntimeTests/tests/core/onLayout.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } 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, render, test, wait } from '../../ReJest/RuntimeTestsApi';
+
+interface TestResult {
+  height: number,
+  animatedHandlerCalled: boolean
+}
+
+const TestComponent = ({result}: {result: TestResult}) => {
+  const sv = useSharedValue(styles.smallBox.height);
+
+  const onLayout = (event: LayoutChangeEvent) => {
+    result.height = event.nativeEvent.layout.height;
+  };
+
+  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+    return { height: sv.value };
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    runOnUI(() => {
+      sv.value += 100;
+    })();
+  });
+
+  const setAnimatedHandlerCalled = () => {
+    result.animatedHandlerCalled = true;
+  };
+
+  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} />);
+    await wait(500);
+    const { height } = result;
+    expect(height).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test('is dispatched to the registered event handler', async () => {
+    const result = {} as TestResult;
+    await render(<TestComponent result={result} />);
+    await wait(500);
+    const { animatedHandlerCalled } = result;
+    expect(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/NativeReanimatedModule.cpp b/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/NativeReanimatedModule.cpp
index 404ca6b6493..a6782f6f793 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/NativeReanimatedModule.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/NativeModules/NativeReanimatedModule.cpp
@@ -613,6 +613,11 @@ bool NativeReanimatedModule::handleRawEvent(
   if (eventType.rfind("top", 0) == 0) {
     eventType = "on" + eventType.substr(3);
   }
+
+  if (!isAnyHandlerWaitingForEvent(eventType, tag)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   jsi::Runtime &rt = uiWorkletRuntime_->getJSIRuntime();
   const auto &eventPayload = rawEvent.eventPayload;
   jsi::Value payload = eventPayload->asJSIValue(rt);