diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/LongLivedObject.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/LongLivedObject.cpp
index 9c6d7c38d86f..aa4b1fcdb589 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/LongLivedObject.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/LongLivedObject.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,15 @@ void LongLivedObjectCollection::add(std::shared_ptr<LongLivedObject> so) {
 
 void LongLivedObjectCollection::remove(const LongLivedObject* o) {
   std::scoped_lock lock(collectionMutex_);
-  for (auto p = collection_.begin(); p != collection_.end(); p++) {
-    if (p->get() == o) {
-      collection_.erase(p);
-      break;
-    }
+  // Empty owner: lookup-only alias, with no ownership or control block.
+  const std::shared_ptr<LongLivedObject> lookupKey{
+      std::shared_ptr<LongLivedObject>{}, const_cast<LongLivedObject*>(o)};
+
+  // A shared_ptr hashes and compares by the pointer it stores, so a
+  // non-owning shared_ptr to `o` finds its entry without walking the set.
+  auto entry = collection_.find(lookupKey);
+  if (entry != collection_.end()) {
+    collection_.erase(entry);
   }
 }