diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
index 72cf885c37e..787985edd9b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)initWithFrame : (CGRect)frame)
         _maxLength.integerValue - (NSInteger)backedTextInputView.attributedText.string.length + (NSInteger)range.length,
         0);
 
-    if (text.length > allowedLength) {
+    if (text.length > _maxLength.integerValue) {
       // If we typed/pasted more than one character, limit the text inputted.
       if (text.length > 1) {
         if (allowedLength > 0) {
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)initWithFrame : (CGRect)frame)
             allowedLength = cutOffCharacterRange.location;
           }
         }
+        if (allowedLength <= 0) {
+          return nil;
+        }
         // Truncate the input string so the result is exactly maxLength
         NSString *limitedString = [text substringToIndex:allowedLength];
         NSMutableAttributedString *newAttributedText = [backedTextInputView.attributedText mutableCopy];