diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-test.js b/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-test.js
index e24a4e5620fa7c..2b2ffe04dfdfb8 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-test.js
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ describe('Animated tests', () => {
         callback,
       );
 
-      expect(anim.__getChildren().length).toBe(3);
-
       expect(node.__getValue()).toEqual({
         style: {
           backgroundColor: 'red',
@@ -71,6 +69,12 @@ describe('Animated tests', () => {
         },
       });
 
+      expect(anim.__getChildren().length).toBe(0);
+
+      node.__attach();
+
+      expect(anim.__getChildren().length).toBe(3);
+
       anim.setValue(0.5);
 
       expect(callback).toBeCalled();
@@ -811,6 +815,10 @@ describe('Animated tests', () => {
         },
       });
 
+      node.__attach();
+
+      expect(callback.mock.calls.length).toBe(0);
+
       vec.setValue({x: 42, y: 1492});
 
       expect(callback.mock.calls.length).toBe(2); // once each for x, y
@@ -904,6 +912,7 @@ describe('Animated tests', () => {
         },
         callback,
       );
+      view.__attach();
       const listener = jest.fn();
       const id = value4.addListener(listener);
       value3.setValue(137);
diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/createAnimatedComponent.js b/Libraries/Animated/createAnimatedComponent.js
index 596c6cfc75c58c..02782c183cbe0f 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/createAnimatedComponent.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/createAnimatedComponent.js
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function createAnimatedComponent<Props: {+[string]: mixed, ...}, Instance>(
         nextProps,
         this._animatedPropsCallback,
       );
+      this._propsAnimated.__attach();
 
       // When you call detach, it removes the element from the parent list
       // of children. If it goes to 0, then the parent also detaches itself
diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js b/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
index 578ed6718d213f..6f915bb5b8fd1d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedProps.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class AnimatedProps extends AnimatedNode {
     }
     this._props = props;
     this._callback = callback;
-    this.__attach();
   }
 
   __getValue(): Object {