diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
index 3e8eca9cabeb73..ddd3a386fc383e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private void manageChildren(
       }
       enqueueUpdateProperties(newNode);
       manageChildren(prevNode, prevNode.getChildrenList(), newNode.getChildrenList());
-      prevNode.setOriginalReactShadowNode(newNode);
+      newNode.setOriginalReactShadowNode(null);
     }
     int firstRemovedOrAddedViewIndex = sameReactTagIndex;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ private void manageChildren(
       viewsToAdd.add(new ViewAtIndex(newNode.getReactTag(), k));
       List previousChildrenList = newNode.getOriginalReactShadowNode() == null ? null : newNode.getOriginalReactShadowNode().getChildrenList();
       manageChildren(newNode, previousChildrenList, newNode.getChildrenList());
-      newNode.setOriginalReactShadowNode(newNode);
+      newNode.setOriginalReactShadowNode(null);
       addedTags.add(newNode.getReactTag());
     }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 50e24738bf5699..191d463ab725c3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManager;
+import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.NativeViewHierarchyManager;
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ public ReactShadowNode createNode(
     }
   }
 
-  private ReactShadowNode getRootNode(int rootTag) {
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  ReactShadowNode getRootNode(int rootTag) {
     return mRootShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(rootTag);
   }
 
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 018fa5ddace08b..d0eb127f6e29e4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropertyHolder;
-import com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeCloneFunction;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaAlign;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaBaselineFunction;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConfig;
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaJustify;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureFunction;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaNode;
+import com.facebook.yoga.YogaNodeCloneFunction;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaOverflow;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaPositionType;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaValue;