diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
index c595e7af5d19d0..29a16c386bae22 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ - (void)setDefaultInputAccessoryView
 
 - (void)handleInputAccessoryDoneButton
 {
+  // Ignore the value of whether we submitted; just make sure the submit event is called if necessary.
+  [self textInputShouldSubmitOnReturn];
   if ([self textInputShouldReturn]) {
     [_backedTextInputView endEditing:YES];
   }