diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
index 7a48d91be4d0..ef54a4af2545 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
@@ -627,7 +627,9 @@ class VirtualizedList extends StateSafePureComponent<
     } else {
       // If we have a pending scroll update, we should not adjust the render window as it
       // might override the correct window.
-      if (pendingScrollUpdateCount > 0) {
+      // We only block the update if the content is large enough to scroll, otherwise
+      // we might never receive a scroll event to clear the pending update.
+      if (pendingScrollUpdateCount > 0 && contentLength > visibleLength) {
         return cellsAroundViewport.last >= getItemCount(data)
           ? VirtualizedList._constrainToItemCount(cellsAroundViewport, props)
           : cellsAroundViewport;
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
index 80eb159051de..35cb0ae3f070 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/VirtualizedList-test.js.snap
@@ -4865,12 +4865,21 @@ exports[`renders new items when data is updated with non-zero initialScrollIndex
       />
     </View>
     <View
-      style={
-        Object {
-          "height": 20,
-        }
-      }
-    />
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={2}
+      />
+    </View>
+    <View
+      onFocusCapture={[Function]}
+      style={null}
+    >
+      <MockCellItem
+        value={3}
+      />
+    </View>
   </View>
 </RCTScrollView>
 `;