diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
index 993cc65b883..b4fc65923a6 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphShadowNode.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,18 @@ void ParagraphShadowNode::layout(LayoutContext layoutContext) {
 
   updateStateIfNeeded(content);
 
+  if (content.attachments.empty()) {
+#ifndef ANDROID
+    if (getConcreteProps().onTextLayout) {
+      // `onTextLayout` needs to be called even if text is empty
+      // to be compatible with Paper.
+      getConcreteEventEmitter().onTextLayout({});
+    }
+#endif
+    // No attachments, nothing to layout.
+    return;
+  }
+
   auto measurement = textLayoutManager_->measure(
       AttributedStringBox{content.attributedString},
       content.paragraphAttributes,
@@ -179,11 +191,6 @@ void ParagraphShadowNode::layout(LayoutContext layoutContext) {
   }
 #endif
 
-  if (content.attachments.empty()) {
-    // No attachments, nothing to layout.
-    return;
-  }
-
   //  Iterating on attachments, we clone shadow nodes and moving
   //  `paragraphShadowNode` that represents clones of `this` object.
   auto paragraphShadowNode = static_cast<ParagraphShadowNode *>(this);