diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/intersectionobserver/NativeIntersectionObserver.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/intersectionobserver/NativeIntersectionObserver.cpp
index ab948bf017f2f5..91b441e4b5ed4a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/intersectionobserver/NativeIntersectionObserver.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/intersectionobserver/NativeIntersectionObserver.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void NativeIntersectionObserver::observe(
 
   intersectionObserverManager_.observe(
       intersectionObserverId,
-      shadowNode,
+      shadowNode->getFamilyShared(),
       thresholds,
       rootThresholds,
       uiManager);
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ void NativeIntersectionObserver::unobserve(
     IntersectionObserverObserverId intersectionObserverId,
     jsi::Object targetShadowNode) {
   auto shadowNode = shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, std::move(targetShadowNode));
-  intersectionObserverManager_.unobserve(intersectionObserverId, *shadowNode);
+  intersectionObserverManager_.unobserve(
+      intersectionObserverId, shadowNode->getFamilyShared());
 }
 
 void NativeIntersectionObserver::connect(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.cpp
index 04058e668ca597..e2ac61ae1d2de8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ IntersectionObserverManager::IntersectionObserverManager() = default;
 
 void IntersectionObserverManager::observe(
     IntersectionObserverObserverId intersectionObserverId,
-    const ShadowNode::Shared& shadowNode,
+    const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared& shadowNodeFamily,
     std::vector<Float> thresholds,
     std::optional<std::vector<Float>> rootThresholds,
     const UIManager& uiManager) {
   TraceSection s("IntersectionObserverManager::observe");
 
-  auto surfaceId = shadowNode->getSurfaceId();
-  auto shadowNodeFamily = shadowNode->getFamilyShared();
+  auto surfaceId = shadowNodeFamily->getSurfaceId();
 
   // The actual observer lives in the array, so we need to create it there and
   // then get a reference. Otherwise we only update its state in a copy.
@@ -78,15 +77,13 @@ void IntersectionObserverManager::observe(
 
 void IntersectionObserverManager::unobserve(
     IntersectionObserverObserverId intersectionObserverId,
-    const ShadowNode& shadowNode) {
+    const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared& shadowNodeFamily) {
   TraceSection s("IntersectionObserverManager::unobserve");
 
-  auto& shadowNodeFamily = shadowNode.getFamily();
-
   {
     std::unique_lock lock(observersMutex_);
 
-    auto surfaceId = shadowNode.getSurfaceId();
+    auto surfaceId = shadowNodeFamily->getSurfaceId();
 
     auto observersIt = observersBySurfaceId_.find(surfaceId);
     if (observersIt == observersBySurfaceId_.end()) {
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ void IntersectionObserverManager::unobserve(
             [intersectionObserverId, &shadowNodeFamily](const auto& observer) {
               return observer.getIntersectionObserverId() ==
                   intersectionObserverId &&
-                  observer.isTargetShadowNodeFamily(shadowNodeFamily);
+                  observer.isTargetShadowNodeFamily(*shadowNodeFamily);
             }),
         observers.end());
 
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ void IntersectionObserverManager::unobserve(
             pendingEntries_.end(),
             [intersectionObserverId, &shadowNodeFamily](const auto& entry) {
               return entry.intersectionObserverId == intersectionObserverId &&
-                  entry.sameShadowNodeFamily(shadowNodeFamily);
+                  entry.sameShadowNodeFamily(*shadowNodeFamily);
             }),
         pendingEntries_.end());
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.h
index 93ae10dd1b2ab0..af65a599203420 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/observers/intersection/IntersectionObserverManager.h
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ class IntersectionObserverManager final : public UIManagerMountHook {
 
   void observe(
       IntersectionObserverObserverId intersectionObserverId,
-      const ShadowNode::Shared& shadowNode,
+      const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared& shadowNode,
       std::vector<Float> thresholds,
       std::optional<std::vector<Float>> rootThresholds,
       const UIManager& uiManager);
 
   void unobserve(
       IntersectionObserverObserverId intersectionObserverId,
-      const ShadowNode& shadowNode);
+      const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared& shadowNode);
 
   void connect(
       UIManager& uiManager,