diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
index 8455efb45ed..0d2857b4941 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
@@ -94,28 +94,27 @@ SharedShadowNode UIManager::createNode(
 }
 
 SharedShadowNode UIManager::cloneNode(
-    const ShadowNode::Shared &shadowNode,
-    const SharedShadowNodeSharedList &children,
-    const RawProps *rawProps) const {
+    ShadowNode const &shadowNode,
+    SharedShadowNodeSharedList const &children,
+    RawProps const *rawProps) const {
   SystraceSection s("UIManager::cloneNode");
 
   PropsParserContext propsParserContext{
-      shadowNode->getFamily().getSurfaceId(), *contextContainer_.get()};
+      shadowNode.getFamily().getSurfaceId(), *contextContainer_.get()};
 
-  auto &componentDescriptor = shadowNode->getComponentDescriptor();
+  auto &componentDescriptor = shadowNode.getComponentDescriptor();
   auto clonedShadowNode = componentDescriptor.cloneShadowNode(
-      *shadowNode,
+      shadowNode,
       {
           /* .props = */
           rawProps ? componentDescriptor.cloneProps(
-                         propsParserContext, shadowNode->getProps(), *rawProps)
+                         propsParserContext, shadowNode.getProps(), *rawProps)
                    : ShadowNodeFragment::propsPlaceholder(),
           /* .children = */ children,
       });
 
   if (delegate_) {
-    delegate_->uiManagerDidCloneShadowNode(
-        *shadowNode.get(), *clonedShadowNode);
+    delegate_->uiManagerDidCloneShadowNode(shadowNode, *clonedShadowNode);
   }
 
   return clonedShadowNode;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
index 16553adea45..93cd8994c2c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.h
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ class UIManager final : public ShadowTreeDelegate {
       SharedEventTarget eventTarget) const;
 
   ShadowNode::Shared cloneNode(
-      const ShadowNode::Shared &shadowNode,
-      const SharedShadowNodeSharedList &children = nullptr,
-      const RawProps *rawProps = nullptr) const;
+      ShadowNode const &shadowNode,
+      SharedShadowNodeSharedList const &children = nullptr,
+      RawProps const *rawProps = nullptr) const;
 
   void appendChild(
       const ShadowNode::Shared &parentShadowNode,
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
index da6eeb68ffb..c201c7fe001 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerBinding.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
             size_t count) noexcept -> jsi::Value {
           return valueFromShadowNode(
               runtime,
-              uiManager->cloneNode(shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0])));
+              uiManager->cloneNode(
+                  *shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0])));
         });
   }
 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
           return valueFromShadowNode(
               runtime,
               uiManager->cloneNode(
-                  shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
+                  *shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
                   ShadowNode::emptySharedShadowNodeSharedList()));
         });
   }
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
           return valueFromShadowNode(
               runtime,
               uiManager->cloneNode(
-                  shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
+                  *shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
                   nullptr,
                   &rawProps));
         });
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ jsi::Value UIManagerBinding::get(
           return valueFromShadowNode(
               runtime,
               uiManager->cloneNode(
-                  shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
+                  *shadowNodeFromValue(runtime, arguments[0]),
                   ShadowNode::emptySharedShadowNodeSharedList(),
                   &rawProps));
         });