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..d6f391cb82d263 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 +149,17 @@ class BaseTextInputShadowNode : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
     const auto& stateData = BaseShadowNode::getStateData();
     const auto& reactTreeAttributedString = getAttributedString(layoutContext);
 
-    react_native_assert(textLayoutManager_);
     if (stateData.reactTreeAttributedString.isContentEqual(
             reactTreeAttributedString)) {
       return;
     }
 
     const auto& props = BaseShadowNode::getConcreteProps();
-    TextInputState newState(
+    BaseShadowNode::setStateData(TextInputState{
         AttributedStringBox{reactTreeAttributedString},
         reactTreeAttributedString,
         props.paragraphAttributes,
-        props.mostRecentEventCount);
-    BaseShadowNode::setStateData(std::move(newState));
+        props.mostRecentEventCount});
   }
 
   /*
@@ -174,15 +172,21 @@ class BaseTextInputShadowNode : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
         props.getEffectiveTextAttributes(layoutContext.fontSizeMultiplier);
 
     AttributedString attributedString;
-    attributedString.appendFragment(AttributedString::Fragment{
-        .string = props.text,
-        .textAttributes = textAttributes,
-        .parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this)});
-
     auto attachments = BaseTextShadowNode::Attachments{};
+    // Use BaseTextShadowNode to get attributed string from children
     BaseTextShadowNode::buildAttributedString(
         textAttributes, *this, attributedString, attachments);
     attributedString.setBaseTextAttributes(textAttributes);
+
+    // BaseTextShadowNode only gets children. We must detect and prepend text
+    // value attributes manually.
+    if (!props.text.empty()) {
+      attributedString.appendFragment(AttributedString::Fragment{
+          .string = props.text,
+          .textAttributes = textAttributes,
+          .parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this)});
+    }
+
     return attributedString;
   }
 
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..c68833468691f5 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;
   }
 
@@ -141,48 +141,43 @@ 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});
 }
 
 AttributedString AndroidTextInputShadowNode::getAttributedString() const {
-  // Use BaseTextShadowNode to get attributed string from children
-  auto childTextAttributes = TextAttributes::defaultTextAttributes();
-  childTextAttributes.apply(getConcreteProps().textAttributes);
+  const auto& props = BaseShadowNode::getConcreteProps();
+
+  auto textAttributes = TextAttributes::defaultTextAttributes();
+  textAttributes.apply(props.textAttributes);
   // Don't propagate the background color of the TextInput onto the attributed
   // string. Android tries to render shadow of the background alongside the
   // shadow of the text which results in weird artifacts.
-  childTextAttributes.backgroundColor = HostPlatformColor::UndefinedColor;
+  textAttributes.backgroundColor = clearColor();
 
-  auto attributedString = AttributedString{};
+  AttributedString attributedString;
   auto attachments = BaseTextShadowNode::Attachments{};
+  // Use BaseTextShadowNode to get attributed string from children
   BaseTextShadowNode::buildAttributedString(
-      childTextAttributes, *this, attributedString, attachments);
-  attributedString.setBaseTextAttributes(childTextAttributes);
+      textAttributes, *this, attributedString, attachments);
+  attributedString.setBaseTextAttributes(textAttributes);
 
   // BaseTextShadowNode only gets children. We must detect and prepend text
   // value attributes manually.
-  if (!getConcreteProps().text.empty()) {
-    auto textAttributes = TextAttributes::defaultTextAttributes();
-    textAttributes.apply(getConcreteProps().textAttributes);
-    auto fragment = AttributedString::Fragment{};
-    fragment.string = getConcreteProps().text;
-    fragment.textAttributes = textAttributes;
-    // If the TextInput opacity is 0 < n < 1, the opacity of the TextInput and
-    // text value's background will stack. This is a hack/workaround to prevent
-    // that effect.
-    fragment.textAttributes.backgroundColor = clearColor();
-    fragment.parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this);
-    attributedString.prependFragment(std::move(fragment));
+  if (!props.text.empty()) {
+    attributedString.appendFragment(AttributedString::Fragment{
+        .string = props.text,
+        .textAttributes = textAttributes,
+        .parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this)});
   }
 
   return attributedString;