diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/dom/DOM.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/dom/DOM.cpp
index 6748efa540d..a9b6645d541 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/dom/DOM.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/dom/DOM.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ uint_fast16_t compareDocumentPosition(
 
   auto otherAncestors =
       otherShadowNode.getFamily().getAncestors(*currentRevision);
-  if (ancestors.empty()) {
+  if (otherAncestors.empty()) {
     return DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED;
   }