diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
index 0fa4674d00e..0796ac2af5c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
@@ -11,24 +11,24 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-const char ViewComponentName[] = "View";
+char const ViewComponentName[] = "View";
 
 ViewShadowNode::ViewShadowNode(
     ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment,
     ShadowNodeFamily::Shared const &family,
     ShadowNodeTraits traits)
     : ConcreteViewShadowNode(fragment, family, traits) {
-  updateTraits();
+  initialize();
 }
 
 ViewShadowNode::ViewShadowNode(
     ShadowNode const &sourceShadowNode,
     ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment)
     : ConcreteViewShadowNode(sourceShadowNode, fragment) {
-  updateTraits();
+  initialize();
 }
 
-static bool isColorMeaningful(SharedColor const &color) {
+static bool isColorMeaningful(SharedColor const &color) noexcept {
   if (!color) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ static bool isColorMeaningful(SharedColor const &color) {
   return colorComponentsFromColor(color).alpha > 0;
 }
 
-void ViewShadowNode::updateTraits() {
+void ViewShadowNode::initialize() noexcept {
   auto &viewProps = static_cast<ViewProps const &>(*props_);
 
+  orderIndex_ = viewProps.zIndex;
+
   bool formsStackingContext = !viewProps.collapsable ||
       viewProps.pointerEvents == PointerEventsMode::None ||
       !viewProps.nativeId.empty() || viewProps.accessible ||
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ void ViewShadowNode::updateTraits() {
   formsView = formsView || formsStackingContext;
 
 #ifdef ANDROID
-  // Force `formsStackingContext` trait for nodes which have .
+  // Force `formsStackingContext` trait for nodes which have `formsView`.
   // TODO: T63560216 Investigate why/how `formsView` entangled with
   // `formsStackingContext`.
   formsStackingContext = formsStackingContext || formsView;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
index 7e850b7df99..969c6267b2c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ViewShadowNode final : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
       ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment);
 
  private:
-  void updateTraits();
+  void initialize() noexcept;
 };
 
 } // namespace react