diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/FlexLine.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/FlexLine.cpp
index aab71aa20d6..d2034bf2f92 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/FlexLine.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/FlexLine.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ FlexLine calculateFlexLine(
   float totalFlexGrowFactors = 0.0f;
   float totalFlexShrinkScaledFactors = 0.0f;
   size_t endOfLineIndex = startOfLineIndex;
+  size_t firstElementInLineIndex = startOfLineIndex;
 
   float sizeConsumedIncludingMinConstraint = 0;
   const FlexDirection mainAxis = resolveDirection(
@@ -40,10 +41,15 @@ FlexLine calculateFlexLine(
     auto child = node->getChild(endOfLineIndex);
     if (child->getStyle().display() == Display::None ||
         child->getStyle().positionType() == PositionType::Absolute) {
+      if (firstElementInLineIndex == endOfLineIndex) {
+        // We haven't found the first contributing element in the line yet.
+        firstElementInLineIndex++;
+      }
       continue;
     }
 
-    const bool isFirstElementInLine = (endOfLineIndex - startOfLineIndex) == 0;
+    const bool isFirstElementInLine =
+        (endOfLineIndex - firstElementInLineIndex) == 0;
 
     child->setLineIndex(lineCount);
     const float childMarginMainAxis =