diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/drawable/BorderDrawable.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/drawable/BorderDrawable.kt
index d0bc783284b..21f1ba8f4e6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/drawable/BorderDrawable.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/drawable/BorderDrawable.kt
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ internal class BorderDrawable(
       colorRight: Int,
       colorBottom: Int
   ): Int {
+    // If any of the border colors are translucent then we can't use the fast path.
+    if (Color.alpha(colorLeft) < 255 ||
+        Color.alpha(colorTop) < 255 ||
+        Color.alpha(colorRight) < 255 ||
+        Color.alpha(colorBottom) < 255) {
+      return 0
+    }
+
     val andSmear =
         ((if (borderLeft > 0) colorLeft else ALL_BITS_SET) and
             (if (borderTop > 0) colorTop else ALL_BITS_SET) and