diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index 43c16011521..2b257e7e7f1 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
   /** Enables JS Responder in Fabric */
   public static boolean enableJSResponder = false;
 
-  /** Enables MapBuffer Serialization */
-  public static boolean mapBufferSerializationEnabled = false;
-
   /** An interface used to compute flags on demand. */
   public interface FlagProvider {
     boolean get();
@@ -75,6 +72,17 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
     enableRuntimeExecutorFlushingProvider = provider;
   }
 
+  private static boolean mapBufferSerializationEnabled = false;
+
+  /** Enables or disables MapBuffer Serialization */
+  public static void setMapBufferSerializationEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+    mapBufferSerializationEnabled = enabled;
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isMapBufferSerializationEnabled() {
+    return mapBufferSerializationEnabled;
+  }
+
   public static boolean enableRuntimeExecutorFlushing() {
     if (enableRuntimeExecutorFlushingProvider != null) {
       return enableRuntimeExecutorFlushingProvider.get();
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
index d1781bda770..078ab334ff0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/jni/Binding.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,17 @@ void Binding::setConstraints(
   }
 }
 
+bool isMapBufferSerializationEnabled() {
+  static const auto reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor =
+      jni::findClassStatic(Binding::ReactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor);
+  static const auto isMapBufferSerializationEnabledMethod =
+      reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor->getStaticMethod<jboolean()>(
+          "isMapBufferSerializationEnabled");
+  bool value =
+      isMapBufferSerializationEnabledMethod(reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor);
+  return value;
+}
+
 void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
     jni::alias_ref<JRuntimeExecutor::javaobject> runtimeExecutorHolder,
     jni::alias_ref<jobject> javaUIManager,
@@ -462,9 +473,6 @@ void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
     jni::alias_ref<jobject> reactNativeConfig) {
   SystraceSection s("FabricUIManagerBinding::installFabricUIManager");
 
-  static const auto reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor =
-      jni::findClassStatic(Binding::ReactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor);
-
   std::shared_ptr<const ReactNativeConfig> config =
       std::make_shared<const ReactNativeConfigHolder>(reactNativeConfig);
 
@@ -533,14 +541,8 @@ void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
   // Keep reference to config object and cache some feature flags here
   reactNativeConfig_ = config;
 
-  static const auto mapBufferSerializationEnabledField =
-      reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor->getStaticField<jboolean>(
-          "mapBufferSerializationEnabled");
-  bool mapBufferSerializationEnabled =
-      reactFeatureFlagsJavaDescriptor->getStaticFieldValue(
-          mapBufferSerializationEnabledField);
   contextContainer->insert(
-      "MapBufferSerializationEnabled", mapBufferSerializationEnabled);
+      "MapBufferSerializationEnabled", isMapBufferSerializationEnabled());
 
   disablePreallocateViews_ = reactNativeConfig_->getBool(
       "react_fabric:disabled_view_preallocation_android");
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index ba871e1679f..f4f618c5ef9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (ReactFeatureFlags.mapBufferSerializationEnabled) {
+    if (ReactFeatureFlags.isMapBufferSerializationEnabled()) {
       ReadableMapBuffer stateMapBuffer = stateWrapper.getStatDataMapBuffer();
       if (stateMapBuffer != null) {
         return getReactTextUpdate(view, props, stateMapBuffer);