diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
index 9bdd9748804ae4..edebec55316ce2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
@@ -149,19 +149,36 @@ class BaseTextInputShadowNode : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
     const auto& stateData = BaseShadowNode::getStateData();
     const auto& reactTreeAttributedString = getAttributedString(layoutContext);
 
-    react_native_assert(textLayoutManager_);
-    if (stateData.reactTreeAttributedString.isContentEqual(
-            reactTreeAttributedString)) {
+    // Tree is often out of sync with the value of the TextInput.
+    // This is by design - don't change the value of the TextInput in the State,
+    // and therefore in the host platform, unless the tree itself changes.
+    if (stateData.reactTreeAttributedString == reactTreeAttributedString) {
       return;
     }
 
+    // If props event counter is less than what we already have in state, skip
+    // it
     const auto& props = BaseShadowNode::getConcreteProps();
-    TextInputState newState(
+    if (props.mostRecentEventCount < stateData.mostRecentEventCount) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Even if we're here and updating state, it may be only to update the
+    // layout manager If that is the case, make sure we don't update text: pass
+    // in the current attributedString unchanged, and pass in zero for the
+    // "event count" so no changes are applied There's no way to prevent a state
+    // update from flowing to the host platform, so we just ensure it's a noop
+    // in those cases.
+    auto newEventCount = stateData.reactTreeAttributedString.isContentEqual(
+                             reactTreeAttributedString)
+        ? 0
+        : props.mostRecentEventCount;
+
+    BaseShadowNode::setStateData(TextInputState{
         AttributedStringBox{reactTreeAttributedString},
         reactTreeAttributedString,
         props.paragraphAttributes,
-        props.mostRecentEventCount);
-    BaseShadowNode::setStateData(std::move(newState));
+        newEventCount});
   }
 
   /*
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/platform/android/react/renderer/components/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/platform/android/react/renderer/components/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
index d0b2b5b0c54afe..671ea8f1c93633 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/platform/android/react/renderer/components/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/platform/android/react/renderer/components/androidtextinput/AndroidTextInputShadowNode.cpp
@@ -120,19 +120,19 @@ LayoutConstraints AndroidTextInputShadowNode::getTextConstraints(
 
 void AndroidTextInputShadowNode::updateStateIfNeeded() {
   ensureUnsealed();
-
+  const auto& stateData = getStateData();
   auto reactTreeAttributedString = getAttributedString();
-  const auto& state = getStateData();
 
   // Tree is often out of sync with the value of the TextInput.
   // This is by design - don't change the value of the TextInput in the State,
   // and therefore in Java, unless the tree itself changes.
-  if (state.reactTreeAttributedString == reactTreeAttributedString) {
+  if (stateData.reactTreeAttributedString == reactTreeAttributedString) {
     return;
   }
 
   // If props event counter is less than what we already have in state, skip it
-  if (getConcreteProps().mostRecentEventCount < state.mostRecentEventCount) {
+  const auto& props = BaseShadowNode::getConcreteProps();
+  if (props.mostRecentEventCount < stateData.mostRecentEventCount) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ void AndroidTextInputShadowNode::updateStateIfNeeded() {
   // current attributedString unchanged, and pass in zero for the "event count"
   // so no changes are applied There's no way to prevent a state update from
   // flowing to Java, so we just ensure it's a noop in those cases.
-  auto newEventCount =
-      state.reactTreeAttributedString.isContentEqual(reactTreeAttributedString)
+  auto newEventCount = stateData.reactTreeAttributedString.isContentEqual(
+                           reactTreeAttributedString)
       ? 0
-      : getConcreteProps().mostRecentEventCount;
+      : props.mostRecentEventCount;
   auto newAttributedString = getMostRecentAttributedString();
 
   setStateData(TextInputState{
       AttributedStringBox(newAttributedString),
       reactTreeAttributedString,
-      getConcreteProps().paragraphAttributes,
+      props.paragraphAttributes,
       newEventCount});
 }