diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index c8d2f05c5b57cf..ca5d7ac7413d0e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -375,11 +375,19 @@ public void maybeSetText(ReactTextUpdate reactTextUpdate) {
         new SpannableStringBuilder(reactTextUpdate.getText());
     manageSpans(spannableStringBuilder);
     mContainsImages = reactTextUpdate.containsImages();
+    boolean sameText = sameTextForSpan(getText(), spannableStringBuilder, 0, length());
     mIsSettingTextFromJS = true;
 
     getText().replace(0, length(), spannableStringBuilder);
 
     mIsSettingTextFromJS = false;
+    if (!sameText) {
+      InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getContext()
+          .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+      if (imm != null) {
+        imm.restartInput(this);
+      }
+    }
     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
       if (getBreakStrategy() != reactTextUpdate.getTextBreakStrategy()) {
         setBreakStrategy(reactTextUpdate.getTextBreakStrategy());