diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
index 998270b1cfc..08fbe9d1fac 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ let BaseImage: AbstractImageAndroid = React.forwardRef(
       width: undefined,
       height: undefined,
     };
-    const defaultSource = resolveAssetSource(props.defaultSource);
     const loadingIndicatorSource = resolveAssetSource(
       props.loadingIndicatorSource,
     );
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ let BaseImage: AbstractImageAndroid = React.forwardRef(
       /* $FlowFixMe(>=0.78.0 site=react_native_android_fb) This issue was found
        * when making Flow check .android.js files. */
       headers: (source?.[0]?.headers || source?.headers: ?{[string]: string}),
-      defaultSrc: defaultSource ? defaultSource.uri : null,
       loadingIndicatorSrc: loadingIndicatorSource
         ? loadingIndicatorSource.uri
         : null,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/ImageViewNativeComponent.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/ImageViewNativeComponent.js
index 69680c4f3dd..22ac430c219 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/ImageViewNativeComponent.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/ImageViewNativeComponent.js
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ export const __INTERNAL_VIEW_CONFIG: PartialViewConfig =
         },
         validAttributes: {
           blurRadius: true,
+          defaultSource: {
+            process: require('./resolveAssetSource'),
+          },
           internal_analyticTag: true,
           resizeMethod: true,
           resizeMode: true,
@@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ export const __INTERNAL_VIEW_CONFIG: PartialViewConfig =
           borderRadius: true,
           headers: true,
           shouldNotifyLoadEvents: true,
-          defaultSrc: true,
           overlayColor: {
             process: require('../StyleSheet/processColor').default,
           },
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageManager.kt
index 77e1d986655..63942f03f6e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageManager.kt
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ public constructor(
     }
   }
 
-  // In JS this is Image.props.defaultSource
-  @ReactProp(name = "defaultSrc")
+  @ReactProp(name = "defaultSource")
   public fun setDefaultSource(view: ReactImageView, source: String?) {
     view.setDefaultSource(source)
   }