diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageDownloadListener.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageDownloadListener.kt
index 281a7382c9bb..da7689adf3c0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageDownloadListener.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageDownloadListener.kt
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.image
 
-import android.graphics.Canvas
-import android.graphics.ColorFilter
-import android.graphics.PixelFormat
+import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.drawable.Animatable
-import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import com.facebook.drawee.controller.ControllerListener
 import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.ForwardingDrawable
 
+// The wrapped drawable has to be one that Fresco knows how to round (a ColorDrawable here), because
+// the hierarchy applies the rounding params to the leaf of the progress bar drawable.
 internal open class ReactImageDownloadListener<INFO> :
-    ForwardingDrawable(EmptyDrawable()), ControllerListener<INFO> {
+    ForwardingDrawable(ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT)), ControllerListener<INFO> {
   open fun onProgressChange(loaded: Int, total: Int) = Unit
 
   override fun onLevelChange(level: Int): Boolean {
@@ -36,18 +36,6 @@ internal open class ReactImageDownloadListener<INFO> :
 
   override fun onRelease(id: String) = Unit
 
-  /** A [Drawable] that renders nothing. */
-  private class EmptyDrawable : Drawable() {
-    override fun draw(canvas: Canvas) = Unit
-
-    override fun setAlpha(alpha: Int) = Unit
-
-    override fun setColorFilter(colorFilter: ColorFilter?) = Unit
-
-    @Deprecated("Deprecated in Java", ReplaceWith("PixelFormat.OPAQUE"))
-    override fun getOpacity(): Int = PixelFormat.OPAQUE
-  }
-
   companion object {
     private const val MAX_LEVEL = 10000
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.kt
index 0b3e78db9b3e..11ee7b8e79de 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.kt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class ReactImageView(
   private var tilePostprocessor: TilePostprocessor? = null
   private var iterativeBoxBlurPostProcessor: IterativeBoxBlurPostProcessor? = null
   private var downloadListener: ReactImageDownloadListener<ImageInfo>? = null
+  private var progressBarListener: ReactImageDownloadListener<ImageInfo>? = null
   private var controllerForTesting: ControllerListener<ImageInfo>? = null
   private var fadeDurationMs = -1
   private var progressiveRenderingEnabled = false
@@ -523,8 +524,11 @@ public class ReactImageView(
       builder.setControllerListener(downloadListener)
     }
 
-    if (downloadListener != null) {
+    // Install the progress bar once per listener: setting it again would make Fresco try to round
+    // the already rounded leaf drawable and log a warning on every update.
+    if (downloadListener != null && downloadListener !== progressBarListener) {
       hierarchy.setProgressBarImage(downloadListener)
+      progressBarListener = downloadListener
     }
 
     controller = builder.build()
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImagePropertyTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImagePropertyTest.kt
index c3b78c3f3834..99d73560b148 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImagePropertyTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImagePropertyTest.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.image
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LengthPercentage
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LengthPercentageType
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactStylesDiffMap
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.BlackHoleEventDispatcher
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcherProvider
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.BorderRadiusProp
 import com.facebook.react.util.RNLog
 import com.facebook.react.views.imagehelper.ImageSource
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ import org.mockito.MockedStatic
 import org.mockito.Mockito.anyString
 import org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic
 import org.mockito.kotlin.any
+import org.mockito.kotlin.eq
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import org.mockito.kotlin.never
 import org.mockito.kotlin.reset
@@ -146,6 +151,33 @@ class ReactImagePropertyTest {
         .isEqualTo(view.imageSource)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun testProgressBarImageDoesNotWarnAboutRounding() {
+    val reactContext =
+        ReactContextWithEventDispatcher(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()).apply {
+          initializeWithInstance(createMockCatalystInstance())
+        }
+    val viewManager = ReactImageManager()
+    val themedContext = ThemedReactContext(reactContext, reactContext, null, -1)
+    val view = viewManager.createViewInstance(themedContext)
+    view.setShouldNotifyLoadEvents(true)
+
+    // Every update installs the progress bar image again unless it is already in place.
+    for (uri in listOf("https://example.com/a.png", "https://example.com/b.png")) {
+      val sources = Arguments.createArray()
+      val source = Arguments.createMap()
+      source.putString("uri", uri)
+      sources.pushMap(source)
+      viewManager.setSource(view, sources)
+      view.maybeUpdateView()
+    }
+
+    flogMock.verify(
+        { FLog.w(any<String>(), eq("Don't know how to round that drawable: %s"), any<Any>()) },
+        never(),
+    )
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun testBorderRadius() {
     val viewManager = ReactImageManager()
@@ -281,4 +313,10 @@ class ReactImagePropertyTest {
     viewManager.setHeaders(mockView, headers)
     verify(mockView).setHeaders(headers)
   }
+
+  /** A [BridgeReactContext] that can also hand out an [EventDispatcher], as the real ones do. */
+  private class ReactContextWithEventDispatcher(context: Context) :
+      BridgeReactContext(context), EventDispatcherProvider {
+    override fun getEventDispatcher(): EventDispatcher = BlackHoleEventDispatcher
+  }
 }