diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedSectionList.js b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedSectionList.js
index b9551b65542..9a4dc912c5f 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedSectionList.js
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/VirtualizedSectionList.js
@@ -321,13 +321,24 @@ class VirtualizedSectionList<
     if (!info) {
       return null;
     }
-    const keyExtractorWithNullableIndex = info.section.keyExtractor;
-    const keyExtractorWithNonNullableIndex =
-      this.props.keyExtractor || defaultKeyExtractor;
-    const key =
-      keyExtractorWithNullableIndex != null
-        ? keyExtractorWithNullableIndex(viewable.item, info.index)
-        : keyExtractorWithNonNullableIndex(viewable.item, info.index ?? 0);
+    // Section headers and footers are not items: `_getItem` returns the
+    // section itself for those rows, and `_subExtractor` reports a null index
+    // for them. Passing a section to a key extractor written for items is
+    // unsafe, so reuse the key `_subExtractor` already derived from the
+    // section, which is also what `_keyExtractor` uses for those rows.
+    let key;
+    if (info.index == null) {
+      key = info.key;
+    } else {
+      const sectionKeyExtractor = info.section.keyExtractor;
+      key =
+        sectionKeyExtractor != null
+          ? sectionKeyExtractor(viewable.item, info.index)
+          : (this.props.keyExtractor || defaultKeyExtractor)(
+              viewable.item,
+              info.index,
+            );
+    }
 
     return {
       ...viewable,
diff --git a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedSectionList-test.js b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedSectionList-test.js
index 24bb057cc04..539a0b32c4b 100644
--- a/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedSectionList-test.js
+++ b/packages/virtualized-lists/Lists/__tests__/VirtualizedSectionList-test.js
@@ -215,6 +215,101 @@ describe('VirtualizedSectionList', () => {
     expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  describe('onViewableItemsChanged', () => {
+    const ITEM_HEIGHT = 100;
+
+    type Item = {nested: {id: string}};
+
+    // Six of the eight rows (2 headers, 4 items, 2 footers) fit in the
+    // viewport, so both section headers, one section footer and three items
+    // become viewable.
+    const nativeEvent = {
+      contentInset: {bottom: 0, left: 0, right: 0, top: 0},
+      contentOffset: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      contentSize: {height: 8 * ITEM_HEIGHT, width: 300},
+      layoutMeasurement: {height: 6 * ITEM_HEIGHT, width: 300},
+      zoomScale: 1,
+    };
+
+    it('reports section headers and footers without running them through the section keyExtractor', async () => {
+      // A key extractor written for items, the way a section defines one. It
+      // throws if it is handed anything other than an item.
+      const extractorArgs: Array<Item> = [];
+      const keyExtractor = (item: ?Item) => {
+        const arg = nullthrows(item);
+        extractorArgs.push(arg);
+        return arg.nested.id;
+      };
+      const sections = [
+        // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type]
+        {
+          title: 's1',
+          keyExtractor,
+          data: [{nested: {id: 'i1.1'}}, {nested: {id: 'i1.2'}}],
+        },
+        // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type]
+        {
+          title: 's2',
+          keyExtractor,
+          data: [{nested: {id: 'i2.1'}}, {nested: {id: 'i2.2'}}],
+        },
+      ] as Array<SectionBase<Item>>;
+      const onViewableItemsChanged = jest.fn();
+
+      let component;
+      await ReactTestRenderer.act(() => {
+        component = ReactTestRenderer.create(
+          <VirtualizedSectionList
+            sections={sections}
+            renderItem={({item}) => <item value={item.nested.id} />}
+            renderSectionHeader={({section}) => (
+              <header value={section.title} />
+            )}
+            renderSectionFooter={({section}) => (
+              <footer value={section.title} />
+            )}
+            getItem={(data, index) => data[index]}
+            getItemCount={data => data.length}
+            getItemLayout={(data, index) => ({
+              length: ITEM_HEIGHT,
+              offset: ITEM_HEIGHT * index,
+              index,
+            })}
+            onViewableItemsChanged={onViewableItemsChanged}
+          />,
+        );
+      });
+
+      const instance = nullthrows(component).getInstance();
+      // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-use] wrong types
+      // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] wrong types
+      instance._listRef._onScrollBeginDrag({nativeEvent});
+      // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-use] wrong types
+      // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] wrong types
+      instance._listRef._onScroll({timeStamp: 1000, nativeEvent});
+
+      // The section's keyExtractor is only ever given items from
+      // `section.data`, never the section itself.
+      const items = sections.flatMap(section => section.data);
+      expect(extractorArgs.filter(arg => !items.includes(arg))).toEqual([]);
+
+      // Header and footer rows are still reported, keyed by their section, and
+      // item rows are still keyed by the section's keyExtractor.
+      expect(onViewableItemsChanged).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const {viewableItems} = onViewableItemsChanged.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(
+        viewableItems.map(token => ({key: token.key, index: token.index})),
+      ).toEqual([
+        {key: '0:header', index: null},
+        {key: 'i1.1', index: 0},
+        {key: 'i1.2', index: 1},
+        {key: '0:footer', index: null},
+        {key: '1:header', index: null},
+        {key: 'i2.1', index: 0},
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('scrollToLocation', () => {
     const ITEM_HEIGHT = 100;