diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphProps.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphProps.cpp
index 6d6f778a70b..0ecf15bab4f 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphProps.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphProps.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ void ParagraphProps::setProp(
   // reuse the same values.
   ViewProps::setProp(context, hash, propName, value);
   BaseTextProps::setProp(context, hash, propName, value);
+
+  /*
+   * These props are applied to `View`, therefore they must not be a part of
+   * base text attributes.
+   */
+  textAttributes.opacity = std::numeric_limits<Float>::quiet_NaN();
+  textAttributes.backgroundColor = {};
 }
 
 #pragma mark - DebugStringConvertible