diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerModule.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerModule.kt
index 30cce31994..71927fd071 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerModule.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerModule.kt
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ class RNGestureHandlerModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext?) :
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread()
 
     registry.getHandler(handlerTag)?.let { handler ->
+      if (handler.state == GestureHandler.STATE_UNDETERMINED && !handler.hasTrackedPointers) {
+        return
+      }
+
       if (newState == GestureHandler.STATE_ACTIVE) {
         // The first touch event reaches JS before the handler begins, so a handler
         // that already tracks a pointer may still be UNDETERMINED here.