diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerModule.java
index dbed0e09d66..c920f3d3742 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManagerModule.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.fabric;
 
+import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
     ReactShadowNode node = viewManager.createShadowNodeInstance(mReactApplicationContext);
     node.setRootNode(getRootNode(rootTag));
     node.setReactTag(reactTag);
-    ReactStylesDiffMap styles = updateProps(props, node);
+    ReactStylesDiffMap styles = updateProps(node, props);
 
     return node;
   }
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
     return mRootShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(rootTag);
   }
 
-  private ReactStylesDiffMap updateProps(ReadableNativeMap props, ReactShadowNode node) {
+  private ReactStylesDiffMap updateProps(ReactShadowNode node, @Nullable ReadableNativeMap props) {
     ReactStylesDiffMap styles = null;
     if (props != null) {
       styles = new ReactStylesDiffMap(props);
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
    */
   @Nullable
   public ReactShadowNode cloneNode(ReactShadowNode node) {
-    return node.mutableCopy();
+    ReactShadowNode clone = node.mutableCopy();
+    assertReactShadowNodeCopy(node, clone);
+    return clone;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -83,8 +86,8 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
    */
   @Nullable
   public ReactShadowNode cloneNodeWithNewChildren(ReactShadowNode node) {
-    ReactShadowNode clone = cloneNode(node);
-    clone.removeAllChildren();
+    ReactShadowNode clone = node.mutableCopyWithNewChildren();
+    assertReactShadowNodeCopy(node, clone);
     return clone;
   }
 
@@ -94,9 +97,12 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
    * props will be overridden with the {@link ReadableMap} received by parameter.
    */
   @Nullable
-  public ReactShadowNode cloneNodeWithNewProps(ReactShadowNode node, ReadableNativeMap newProps) {
-    ReactShadowNode clone = cloneNode(node);
-    updateProps(newProps, clone);
+  public ReactShadowNode cloneNodeWithNewProps(
+      ReactShadowNode node,
+      @Nullable ReadableNativeMap newProps) {
+    ReactShadowNode clone = node.mutableCopy();
+    updateProps(clone, newProps);
+    assertReactShadowNodeCopy(node, clone);
     return clone;
   }
 
@@ -110,11 +116,18 @@ public class FabricUIManagerModule implements UIModule {
   public ReactShadowNode cloneNodeWithNewChildrenAndProps(
       ReactShadowNode node,
       ReadableNativeMap newProps) {
-    ReactShadowNode clone = cloneNodeWithNewChildren(node);
-    updateProps(newProps, clone);
+    ReactShadowNode clone = node.mutableCopyWithNewChildren();
+    updateProps(clone, newProps);
+    assertReactShadowNodeCopy(node, clone);
     return clone;
   }
 
+  private void assertReactShadowNodeCopy(ReactShadowNode source, ReactShadowNode target) {
+    Assertions.assertCondition(source.getClass().equals(target.getClass()),
+      "Found " + target.getClass() + " class when expecting: " +   source.getClass() +
+        ". Check that " + source.getClass() + " implements the mutableCopy() method correctly.");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Appends the child {@link ReactShadowNode} to the children set of the parent
    * {@link ReactShadowNode}.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
index 69c130aa80b..af0841a487c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public interface ReactShadowNode<T extends ReactShadowNode> {
    */
   T mutableCopy();
 
+  T mutableCopyWithNewChildren();
+
   String getViewClass();
 
   boolean hasUpdates();
@@ -164,8 +166,6 @@ public interface ReactShadowNode<T extends ReactShadowNode> {
 
   T removeNativeChildAt(int i);
 
-  void removeAllChildren();
-
   void removeAllNativeChildren();
 
   int getNativeChildCount();
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
index 59ab9b69ec3..92a4d57fe19 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 import static java.lang.System.arraycopy;
 
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropertyHolder;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaAlign;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaBaselineFunction;
@@ -128,6 +129,14 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
     return new ReactShadowNodeImpl(this);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ReactShadowNodeImpl mutableCopyWithNewChildren() {
+    ReactShadowNodeImpl copy = mutableCopy();
+    copy.mNativeChildren = null;
+    copy.mChildren = null;
+    return copy;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Nodes that return {@code true} will be treated as "virtual" nodes. That is, nodes that are not
    * mapped into native views (e.g. nested text node). By default this method returns {@code false}.
@@ -484,14 +493,6 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
     return removed;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public final void removeAllChildren() {
-    removeAllNativeChildren();
-    if (mChildren != null) {
-      mChildren.clear();
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   public final void removeAllNativeChildren() {
     if (mNativeChildren != null) {