diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
index fa48189076ebfe..85929d367d2d88 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ ParagraphShadowNode::ParagraphShadowNode(
     const ShadowNode& sourceShadowNode,
     const ShadowNodeFragment& fragment)
     : ConcreteViewShadowNode(sourceShadowNode, fragment) {
-  if (!fragment.children && !fragment.props) {
+  auto& sourceParagraphShadowNode =
+      traitCast<ParagraphShadowNode const&>(sourceShadowNode);
+  if (!fragment.children && !fragment.props &&
+      sourceParagraphShadowNode.getIsLayoutClean()) {
     // This ParagraphShadowNode was cloned but did not change
     // in a way that affects its layout. Let's mark it clean
     // to stop Yoga from traversing it.