diff --git a/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm b/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
index d52f5326..cc0a1fa8 100644
--- a/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ -(void)prepareForRecycle {
     [super prepareForRecycle];
     _nativePageViewController = nil;
     _currentIndex = -1;
-    _scrollEnabled = YES;
 }
 
 - (void)shouldDismissKeyboard:(RNCViewPagerKeyboardDismissMode)dismissKeyboard {
@@ -161,6 +160,8 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const facebook::react::Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(cons
     if (_currentIndex == -1) {
         _currentIndex = newScreenProps.initialPage;
         [self shouldDismissKeyboard: newScreenProps.keyboardDismissMode];
+        _scrollEnabled = newScreenProps.scrollEnabled;
+        [self applyScrollEnabled];
     }
     
     const auto newLayoutDirectionStr = RCTNSStringFromString(toString(newScreenProps.layoutDirection));