diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a3b958af5..fe529e149a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 > make sure you follow our [migration guide](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/react-native/migration/) first.
 <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix user `geo` being dropped from the native scope by forwarding it as a structured object instead of a JSON string ([#6309](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6309))
+
 ## 8.15.1
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/packages/core/src/js/wrapper.ts b/packages/core/src/js/wrapper.ts
index d4225740d6..d38737c803 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/js/wrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/js/wrapper.ts
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ export const NATIVE: SentryNativeWrapper = {
     }
 
     // separate and serialize all non-default user keys.
-    let userKeys = null;
-    let userDataKeys = null;
+    let userKeys: { [key: string]: unknown } | null = null;
+    let userDataKeys: { [key: string]: string } | null = null;
     if (user) {
       const { id, ip_address, email, username, geo, ...otherKeys } = user;
       const requiredUser: RequiredKeysUser = {
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ export const NATIVE: SentryNativeWrapper = {
         geo,
       };
       userKeys = this._serializeObject(requiredUser);
+      // `geo` is a structured object that the native SDKs deserialize from a
+      // nested map. `_serializeObject` JSON-stringifies it like the scalar keys,
+      // which breaks native deserialization and drops the entire user, so
+      // overwrite it with the object. See
+      // https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/issues/6306
+      if (geo !== undefined) {
+        userKeys.geo = geo;
+      }
       userDataKeys = this._serializeObject(otherKeys);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/wrapper.test.ts b/packages/core/test/wrapper.test.ts
index 838bf0fbfb..c43dfb84fd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/wrapper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/wrapper.test.ts
@@ -927,11 +927,11 @@ describe('Tests Native Wrapper', () => {
           id: '123',
           email: 'test@example.com',
           username: 'testuser',
-          geo: JSON.stringify({
+          geo: {
             city: 'San Francisco',
             country_code: 'US',
             region: 'California',
-          }),
+          },
         },
         {
           customField: 'customValue',
@@ -951,10 +951,10 @@ describe('Tests Native Wrapper', () => {
       expect(RNSentry.setUser).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
           id: '123',
-          geo: JSON.stringify({
+          geo: {
             city: 'New York',
             country_code: 'US',
-          }),
+          },
         },
         {},
       );
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ describe('Tests Native Wrapper', () => {
       expect(RNSentry.setUser).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
           id: '123',
-          geo: '{}',
+          geo: {},
         },
         {},
       );