diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index 261e11b82b59d8..c6e96ba9e0addc 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ function InternalTextInput(props: Props): React.Node {
   } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
     const style = [props.style];
     const autoCapitalize = props.autoCapitalize || 'sentences';
+    const placeholder = props.placeholder || '';
     let children = props.children;
     const childCount = React.Children.count(children);
     invariant(
@@ -1135,6 +1136,7 @@ function InternalTextInput(props: Props): React.Node {
          * with the props for TextInput. This will need to get fixed */
         onScroll={_onScroll}
         onSelectionChange={_onSelectionChange}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
         selection={selection}
         style={style}
         text={text}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 3a21ef71c4bdb4..ae48d7d24d2e95 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public void setAllowFontScaling(ReactEditText view, boolean allowFontScaling) {
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "placeholder")
-  public void setPlaceholder(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String placeholder) {
+  public void setPlaceholder(ReactEditText view, String placeholder) {
     view.setHint(placeholder);
   }