diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/RotationGestureHandler.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/RotationGestureHandler.kt
index 1c57487a73..bea32a9b40 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/RotationGestureHandler.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/RotationGestureHandler.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ class RotationGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
     override fun onRotationBegin(detector: RotationGestureDetector) = true
 
     override fun onRotationEnd(detector: RotationGestureDetector) {
-      end()
+      if (state == STATE_ACTIVE) {
+        end()
+      } else {
+        fail()
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -64,12 +68,11 @@ class RotationGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
       anchorX = point.x
       anchorY = point.y
     }
-    if (sourceEvent.actionMasked == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-      if (state == STATE_ACTIVE) {
-        end()
-      } else {
-        fail()
-      }
+
+    // ACTION_UP is already handled in rotationGestureDetector.onTouchEvent (and effectively in onRotationEnd)
+    // if more than one pointer was used
+    if (sourceEvent.actionMasked == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP && state == STATE_BEGAN) {
+      fail()
     }
   }