diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
index 0024adcf57ba5c..850879aa4f9ae7 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ - (void)postprocessAttributedText:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attributedText
     return;
   }
 
-  [attributedText beginEditing];
+  __block CGFloat maximumFontLineHeight = 0;
 
   [attributedText enumerateAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
                              inRange:NSMakeRange(0, attributedText.length)
@@ -144,19 +144,21 @@ - (void)postprocessAttributedText:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attributedText
         return;
       }
 
-      if (maximumLineHeight <= font.lineHeight) {
-        return;
+      if (maximumFontLineHeight <= font.lineHeight) {
+        maximumFontLineHeight = font.lineHeight;
       }
+    }
+  ];
 
-      CGFloat baseLineOffset = maximumLineHeight / 2.0 - font.lineHeight / 2.0;
+  if (maximumLineHeight < maximumFontLineHeight) {
+    return;
+  }
 
-      [attributedText addAttribute:NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName
-                             value:@(baseLineOffset)
-                             range:range];
-     }
-   ];
+  CGFloat baseLineOffset = maximumLineHeight / 2.0 - maximumFontLineHeight / 2.0;
 
-   [attributedText endEditing];
+  [attributedText addAttribute:NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName
+                         value:@(baseLineOffset)
+                         range:NSMakeRange(0, attributedText.length)];
 }
 
 - (NSAttributedString *)attributedTextWithMeasuredAttachmentsThatFitSize:(CGSize)size