diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
index 19258769ba..3f1caf6338 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
@@ -440,7 +440,11 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
       val isResponder = tryGrabbingResponder()
       if (isResponder) {
         isTouched = true
+        // when setPressed(true) is called before canBegin it will not call super.setPressed
+        // in this case we call it here
+        setPressed(true)
       }
+
       return isResponder
     }
 
@@ -515,16 +519,6 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
     }
 
     override fun setPressed(pressed: Boolean) {
-      // there is a possibility of this method being called before NativeViewGestureHandler has
-      // opportunity to call canStart, in that case we need to grab responder in case the gesture
-      // will activate
-      // when canStart is called eventually, tryGrabbingResponder will return true if the button
-      // already is a responder
-      if (pressed) {
-        if (tryGrabbingResponder()) {
-          soundResponder = this
-        }
-      }
       // button can be pressed alongside other button if both are non-exclusive and it doesn't have
       // any pressed children (to prevent pressing the parent when children is pressed).
       val canBePressedAlongsideOther = !exclusive && touchResponder?.exclusive != true && !isChildTouched()
@@ -535,6 +529,7 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
         isTouched = pressed
         super.setPressed(pressed)
       }
+
       if (!pressed && touchResponder === this) {
         // if the responder is no longer pressed we release button responder
         isTouched = false