diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/view/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/view/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
index 513d93e88c1..89cc5e6b0a0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/view/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/view/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ YogaLayoutableShadowNode::YogaLayoutableShadowNode(
       yogaNode_(&initializeYogaConfig(yogaConfig_)) {
   yogaNode_.setContext(this);
 
-  // Newly created node must be `dirty` just because it is new.
-  // This is not a default for `yoga::Node`.
-  yogaNode_.setDirty(true);
-
   if (getTraits().check(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::MeasurableYogaNode)) {
     react_native_assert(
         getTraits().check(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::LeafYogaNode));
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
index ec28f2db91a..8f5ee591cc5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class YG_EXPORT Node : public ::YGNode {
 
   bool hasNewLayout_ : 1 = true;
   bool isReferenceBaseline_ : 1 = false;
-  bool isDirty_ : 1 = false;
+  bool isDirty_ : 1 = true;
   bool alwaysFormsContainingBlock_ : 1 = false;
   NodeType nodeType_ : bitCount<NodeType>() = NodeType::Default;
   void* context_ = nullptr;