diff --git a/React/Views/RCTView.m b/React/Views/RCTView.m
index 64e6fe0a2f07a2..7bb6262700c7d9 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTView.m
@@ -1675,13 +1675,6 @@ - (RCTViewKeyboardEvent*)keyboardEvent:(NSEvent*)event {
   return [RCTViewKeyboardEvent keyEventFromEvent:event reactTag:self.reactTag];
 }
 
-// If validKeysUp or validKeysDown is defined, use the legacy keyboard event handling behavior
-- (void)shouldUseLegacyKeyboardBehaviorForEvent:(NSEvent*)event  {
-  BOOL keyDown = event.type == NSEventTypeKeyDown;
-  NSArray<NSString *> *validKeys = keyDown ? [self validKeysDown] : [self validKeysUp];
-  return (validKeys == nil);
-}
-
 // Only send events to JS that are defined in validKeysDown. Bubbling happens only natively
 - (BOOL)handleKeyboardEventLegacy:(NSEvent *)event {
   if (event.type == NSEventTypeKeyDown ? self.onKeyDown : self.onKeyUp) {
@@ -1718,6 +1711,13 @@ - (BOOL)handleKeyboardEventModern:(NSEvent*)event {
     return shouldSuppressNativeHandling;
 }
 
+// If validKeysUp or validKeysDown is defined, use the legacy keyboard event handling behavior
+- (void)shouldUseLegacyKeyboardBehaviorForEvent:(NSEvent*)event  {
+  BOOL keyDown = event.type == NSEventTypeKeyDown;
+  NSArray<NSString *> *validKeys = keyDown ? [self validKeysDown] : [self validKeysUp];
+  return (validKeys == nil);
+}
+
 - (void)keyDown:(NSEvent *)event {
   BOOL shouldUseLegacyBehavior = [self shouldUseLegacyKeyboardBehaviorForEvent:event];