diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
index d0eb127f6e29e4..a8118b1841d0b8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public YogaNode cloneNode(YogaNode oldYogaNode,
   private int mScreenY;
   private int mScreenWidth;
   private int mScreenHeight;
-  private final Spacing mDefaultPadding = new Spacing(0);
+  private final Spacing mDefaultPadding;
   private final float[] mPadding = new float[Spacing.ALL + 1];
   private final boolean[] mPaddingIsPercent = new boolean[Spacing.ALL + 1];
   private YogaNode mYogaNode;
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public YogaNode cloneNode(YogaNode oldYogaNode,
   private @Nullable ReactStylesDiffMap mNewProps;
 
   public ReactShadowNodeImpl() {
+    mDefaultPadding = new Spacing(0);
     if (!isVirtual()) {
       YogaNode node = YogaNodePool.get().acquire();
       mYogaNode = node == null ? new YogaNode(sYogaConfig) : node;
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ protected ReactShadowNodeImpl(ReactShadowNodeImpl original) {
     mShouldNotifyOnLayout = original.mShouldNotifyOnLayout;
     mIsLayoutOnly = original.mIsLayoutOnly;
     mNativeParent = original.mNativeParent;
+    mDefaultPadding = new Spacing(original.mDefaultPadding);
     // Cloned nodes should be always updated.
     mNodeUpdated = true;
     // "cached" screen coordinates are not cloned because FabricJS not always clone the last
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/Spacing.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/Spacing.java
index 53bea8824d7607..e386db4db66420 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/Spacing.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/Spacing.java
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ public class Spacing {
     256, /*ALL*/
   };
 
-  private final float[] mSpacing = newFullSpacingArray();
+  private final float[] mSpacing;
   private int mValueFlags = 0;
-  private float mDefaultValue;
+  private final float mDefaultValue;
   private boolean mHasAliasesSet;
 
   public Spacing() {
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ public Spacing() {
 
   public Spacing(float defaultValue) {
     mDefaultValue = defaultValue;
+    mSpacing = newFullSpacingArray();
+  }
+
+  public Spacing(Spacing original) {
+    mDefaultValue = original.mDefaultValue;
+    mSpacing = Arrays.copyOf(original.mSpacing, original.mSpacing.length);
+    mValueFlags = original.mValueFlags;
+    mHasAliasesSet = original.mHasAliasesSet;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerTest.java
index 40c8b2e78d55e7..441003004bd119 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerTest.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.fest.assertions.data.Offset;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -113,6 +114,18 @@ public void testCloneNode() {
     assertThat(clonedNode.getChildAt(0)).isEqualTo(child);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDefaultSpacingCloning() {
+    ReactShadowNode node = createViewNode();
+    node.setDefaultPadding(Spacing.LEFT, 10);
+
+    ReactShadowNode clonedNode = mFabricUIManager.cloneNode(node);
+
+    node.setDefaultPadding(Spacing.LEFT, 20);
+    assertThat(clonedNode.getStylePadding(Spacing.LEFT).value).isEqualTo(10f, Offset.offset(0.01f));
+    assertThat(node.getStylePadding(Spacing.LEFT).value).isEqualTo(20f, Offset.offset(0.01f));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCloneVirtualNode() {
     ReactRawTextShadowNode node = new ReactRawTextShadowNode();