diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
index aac036f2d01..23b1e37c289 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ class SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor final
             shadowNode->getState());
     auto stateData = state->getData();
 
-    layoutableShadowNode->setPadding(stateData.padding);
+    if (safeAreaViewShadowNode->alreadyAppliedPadding != stateData.padding) {
+      safeAreaViewShadowNode->alreadyAppliedPadding = stateData.padding;
+      layoutableShadowNode->setPadding(stateData.padding);
+    }
 
     ConcreteComponentDescriptor::adopt(shadowNode);
   }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewShadowNode.h
index 44970270ef0..27df74ffaba 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewShadowNode.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class SafeAreaViewShadowNode final : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
                                          ViewEventEmitter,
                                          SafeAreaViewState> {
   using ConcreteViewShadowNode::ConcreteViewShadowNode;
+
+ public:
+  EdgeInsets alreadyAppliedPadding{};
 };
 
 } // namespace react