diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
index 53111f41275..f350bccf872 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
@@ -231,7 +231,14 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
       // than the width of the text.
       layout =
           BoringLayout.make(
-              text, textPaint, boring.width, alignment, 1.f, 0.f, boring, mIncludeFontPadding);
+              text,
+              textPaint,
+              Math.max(boring.width, 0),
+              alignment,
+              1.f,
+              0.f,
+              boring,
+              mIncludeFontPadding);
     } else {
       // Is used for multiline, boring text and the width is known.
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
index cae80df050d..bbb57f87e88 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import android.view.View;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactNoCrashSoftException;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
@@ -284,13 +286,20 @@ public class TextLayoutManager {
       }
 
     } else if (boring != null && (unconstrainedWidth || boring.width <= width)) {
+      int boringLayoutWidth = boring.width;
+      if (boring.width < 0) {
+        ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+            TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException("Text width is invalid: " + boring.width));
+        boringLayoutWidth = 0;
+      }
+
       // Is used for single-line, boring text when the width is either unknown or bigger
       // than the width of the text.
       layout =
           BoringLayout.make(
               text,
               textPaint,
-              boring.width,
+              boringLayoutWidth,
               Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL,
               1.f,
               0.f,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
index 7af9a540f86..422d986a636 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import android.view.View;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactNoCrashSoftException;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
 import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBuffer;
@@ -298,13 +300,19 @@ public class TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer {
       }
 
     } else if (boring != null && (unconstrainedWidth || boring.width <= width)) {
+      int boringLayoutWidth = boring.width;
+      if (boring.width < 0) {
+        ReactSoftException.logSoftException(
+            TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException("Text width is invalid: " + boring.width));
+        boringLayoutWidth = 0;
+      }
       // Is used for single-line, boring text when the width is either unknown or bigger
       // than the width of the text.
       layout =
           BoringLayout.make(
               text,
               textPaint,
-              boring.width,
+              boringLayoutWidth,
               Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL,
               1.f,
               0.f,