diff --git a/__tests__/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.test.tsx b/__tests__/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.test.tsx
index 2bd924f7a..c5d3fc5c7 100644
--- a/__tests__/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.test.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.test.tsx
@@ -72,4 +72,66 @@ describe("useStickyScrollHandler.native", () => {
 
         animatedEventSpy.mockRestore();
     });
+
+    it("seeds animatedScrollY from the last native scroll when the handler attaches after mount", () => {
+        const onScroll = () => {};
+        const onResult = () => {};
+        const ctx = createMockContext();
+        const setValueSpy = spyOn(ctx.animatedScrollY, "setValue");
+        const animatedEventSpy = spyOn(Animated, "event");
+
+        let renderer: ReturnType<typeof TestRenderer.create>;
+        act(() => {
+            renderer = TestRenderer.create(
+                <HookProbe ctx={ctx} onResult={onResult} onScroll={onScroll} stickyHeaderIndices={undefined} />,
+            );
+        });
+
+        // Nothing has attached Animated.event yet, so the mount-time inset adjustment iOS reports
+        // for contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior="automatic" only reaches the plain JS scroll handler.
+        expect(animatedEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+        expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+        ctx.state.lastNativeScroll = -96;
+
+        act(() => {
+            renderer!.update(<HookProbe ctx={ctx} onResult={onResult} onScroll={onScroll} stickyHeaderIndices={[0]} />);
+        });
+
+        expect(animatedEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(-96);
+
+        animatedEventSpy.mockRestore();
+        setValueSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it("does not re-seed animatedScrollY while the handler stays attached", () => {
+        const onScroll = () => {};
+        const onResult = () => {};
+        const ctx = createMockContext();
+        ctx.state.lastNativeScroll = -96;
+        const setValueSpy = spyOn(ctx.animatedScrollY, "setValue");
+
+        let renderer: ReturnType<typeof TestRenderer.create>;
+        act(() => {
+            renderer = TestRenderer.create(
+                <HookProbe ctx={ctx} onResult={onResult} onScroll={onScroll} stickyHeaderIndices={[0]} />,
+            );
+        });
+
+        expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        // Animated.event owns the value once attached, so a later indices change must not overwrite
+        // it with the JS-tracked offset, which can lag behind during a scroll.
+        ctx.state.lastNativeScroll = -40;
+        act(() => {
+            renderer!.update(
+                <HookProbe ctx={ctx} onResult={onResult} onScroll={onScroll} stickyHeaderIndices={[0, 5]} />,
+            );
+        });
+
+        expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        setValueSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.ts b/src/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.ts
index 88c19365b..62b07b784 100644
--- a/src/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.ts
+++ b/src/platform/useStickyScrollHandler.native.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { useMemo } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import { Animated, type NativeScrollEvent, type NativeSyntheticEvent } from "react-native";
 
 import type { StateContext } from "@/state/state";
+import { isHorizontalRTL } from "@/utils/rtl";
 
 export function useStickyScrollHandler(
     stickyHeaderIndices: number[] | undefined,
@@ -10,16 +11,38 @@ export function useStickyScrollHandler(
     onScroll: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<NativeScrollEvent>) => void,
 ) {
     const shouldUseRnAnimatedEngine = !ctx.state.props.stickyPositionComponentInternal;
+    const isAnimatedEngineActive = !!stickyHeaderIndices?.length && shouldUseRnAnimatedEngine;
+    const wasAnimatedEngineActive = useRef(false);
 
     // Create dual scroll handlers - one for native animations, one for JS logic
     return useMemo<typeof onScroll>(() => {
-        if (stickyHeaderIndices?.length && shouldUseRnAnimatedEngine) {
-            const { animatedScrollY } = ctx;
+        const wasActive = wasAnimatedEngineActive.current;
+        wasAnimatedEngineActive.current = isAnimatedEngineActive;
+
+        if (isAnimatedEngineActive) {
+            const animatedScrollY = ctx.animatedScrollY as unknown as Animated.Value;
+            if (!wasActive) {
+                // Animated.event is the only writer of animatedScrollY, so any scroll that happened
+                // before it attached was never recorded - most notably the rest offset iOS reports at
+                // mount for contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior="automatic". Seed the value from the
+                // JS-tracked native offset so sticky headers paint in the right place immediately
+                // instead of staying stuck at 0 until the next scroll event. lastNativeScroll matches
+                // the raw contentOffset that Animated.event writes, except on RTL horizontal lists
+                // where it has been converted to a logical offset.
+                const { lastNativeScroll } = ctx.state;
+                if (
+                    typeof lastNativeScroll === "number" &&
+                    Number.isFinite(lastNativeScroll) &&
+                    !isHorizontalRTL(ctx.state)
+                ) {
+                    animatedScrollY.setValue(lastNativeScroll);
+                }
+            }
             return Animated.event(
                 [
                     {
                         nativeEvent: {
-                            contentOffset: { [horizontal ? "x" : "y"]: animatedScrollY as unknown as Animated.Value },
+                            contentOffset: { [horizontal ? "x" : "y"]: animatedScrollY },
                         },
                     },
                 ],