diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
index 1b1027b98aca4b..c141dedf8259c4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ public static void adjustSpannableFontToFit(
     int initialFontSize = currentFontSize;
     while (currentFontSize > minimumFontSize
         && ((maximumNumberOfLines != ReactConstants.UNSET
+               && maximumNumberOfLines != 0
                 && layout.getLineCount() > maximumNumberOfLines)
             || (heightYogaMeasureMode != YogaMeasureMode.UNDEFINED
                 && layout.getHeight() > height))) {