diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
index 48178d9246ab94d701983ac20473983eb746d1a6..451d38e6e20646c32795db3be28fbea57de1d12f 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
 
         currentHeight.value = e.height;
 
+        if (scrollViewRef() == null) {
+          // The scroll view can be detached or not yet attached while a
+          // keyboard animation is running (e.g. the chat list re-creating its
+          // scroll component mid-animation). Every branch below eventually
+          // calls scrollTo (directly or via clampScrollIfNeeded); on Paper
+          // reanimated's scrollTo would hand the null ref to the native
+          // _scrollToPaper HostFunction, which throws "Value is null, expected
+          // a number" and crashes in release builds. currentHeight is kept up
+          // to date above so the animated style keeps committing.
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (inverted) {
           // Skip post-interactive snap-back (duration === -1)
           if (e.duration === -1) {
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useExtraContentPadding/index.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useExtraContentPadding/index.ts
index 0f6d7c67a307885310ab184fdf9e7a5c7b296825..1a01093e7909973cef5268f999158df389e77634 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useExtraContentPadding/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useExtraContentPadding/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback } from "react";
-import { Platform } from "react-native";
 import { scrollTo, useAnimatedReaction } from "react-native-reanimated";
 
-import { IS_FABRIC } from "../../../architecture";
 import { isScrollAtEnd, shouldShiftContent } from "../useChatKeyboard/helpers";
 
 import type { KeyboardLiftBehavior } from "../useChatKeyboard/types";
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ function useExtraContentPadding(options: UseExtraContentPaddingOptions): void {
     scroll,
     layout,
     size,
-    contentOffsetY,
     inverted,
     keyboardLiftBehavior,
     freeze,
@@ -62,20 +59,23 @@ function useExtraContentPadding(options: UseExtraContentPaddingOptions): void {
     (target: number) => {
       "worklet";
 
-      if (contentOffsetY && IS_FABRIC) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler
-        contentOffsetY.value = target;
-      } else if (Platform.OS === "android") {
-        // Defer scrollTo so the animatedProps inset commit lands first;
-        // otherwise the native ScrollView clamps to the old range.
-        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-          scrollTo(scrollViewRef, 0, target, false);
-        });
-      } else {
+      // Always defer scrollTo so the animatedProps inset commit lands first;
+      // otherwise the native ScrollView clamps contentOffset to the old
+      // contentInset range (iOS Fabric) or the old contentInsetBottom (Android).
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        // The ScrollView can detach between scheduling this frame and now (e.g.
+        // navigating away from the screen, or the list re-creating its scroll
+        // component). Once detached, scrollViewRef() resolves to null, and on
+        // Paper reanimated's scrollTo hands that null to the native
+        // _scrollToPaper HostFunction, which throws "Value is null, expected a
+        // number". Re-check the ref now that the frame has arrived.
+        if (scrollViewRef() == null) {
+          return;
+        }
         scrollTo(scrollViewRef, 0, target, false);
-      }
+      });
     },
-    [scrollViewRef, contentOffsetY],
+    [scrollViewRef],
   );
 
   useAnimatedReaction(