diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
index 699e406bf19..cbe2c2e49b5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ public class CustomLetterSpacingSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan {
   }
 
   private void apply(TextPaint paint) {
-    // mLetterSpacing and paint.getTextSize() are both in pixels,
-    // yielding an accurate em value.
     if (!Float.isNaN(mLetterSpacing)) {
-      paint.setLetterSpacing(mLetterSpacing / paint.getTextSize());
+      paint.setLetterSpacing(mLetterSpacing);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributes.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributes.java
index 4778d454093..d0fdbc76769 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributes.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributes.java
@@ -121,9 +121,13 @@ public class TextAttributes {
       return Float.NaN;
     }
 
-    return mAllowFontScaling
+    float letterSpacingPixels = mAllowFontScaling
       ? PixelUtil.toPixelFromSP(mLetterSpacing)
       : PixelUtil.toPixelFromDIP(mLetterSpacing);
+
+    // `letterSpacingPixels` and `getEffectiveFontSize` are both in pixels,
+    // yielding an accurate em value.
+    return letterSpacingPixels / getEffectiveFontSize();
   }
 
   public String toString() {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 1e20f0616b9..df3476801fb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
       float effectiveLetterSpacing = mTextAttributes.getEffectiveLetterSpacing();
       if (!Float.isNaN(effectiveLetterSpacing)) {
-        setLetterSpacing(effectiveLetterSpacing / getTextSize());
+        setLetterSpacing(effectiveLetterSpacing);
       }
     }
   }