diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
index d9c28ca5fa2..5c0840a0ab4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
@@ -877,13 +877,22 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
       )
     }
 
-    val desiredWidth = ceil(Layout.getDesiredWidth(text, paint)).toInt()
-
+    // Layout.getDesiredWidth is a full measuring pass over the text, so only run it when its
+    // result can affect the layout width. It cannot when the width is EXACTLY, nor when the text
+    // was boring but did not fit: boring.width is the unwrapped width of the same text and we only
+    // get here if it exceeds floor(width), so min(desiredWidth, floor(width)) is floor(width).
     val layoutWidth =
-        when (widthYogaMeasureMode) {
-          YogaMeasureMode.EXACTLY -> ceil(width).toInt()
-          YogaMeasureMode.AT_MOST -> min(desiredWidth, floor(width).toInt())
-          else -> desiredWidth
+        when {
+          widthYogaMeasureMode == YogaMeasureMode.EXACTLY -> ceil(width).toInt()
+          widthYogaMeasureMode == YogaMeasureMode.AT_MOST && boring != null -> floor(width).toInt()
+          else -> {
+            val desiredWidth = ceil(Layout.getDesiredWidth(text, paint)).toInt()
+            if (widthYogaMeasureMode == YogaMeasureMode.AT_MOST) {
+              min(desiredWidth, floor(width).toInt())
+            } else {
+              desiredWidth
+            }
+          }
         }
     val enableStartOverhang = widthYogaMeasureMode == YogaMeasureMode.EXACTLY
     val layout =