diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
index 49a4353c5f011c..c0158f3df61e7a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ facebook::react::AttributedStringBox RCTAttributedStringBoxFromNSAttributedStrin
 
 NSString *RCTNSStringFromStringApplyingTextTransform(NSString *string, facebook::react::TextTransform textTransform);
 
+void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText);
+
 @interface RCTWeakEventEmitterWrapper : NSObject
 @property (nonatomic, assign) facebook::react::SharedEventEmitter eventEmitter;
 @end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index 74f5b65df1338d..5bdeac31b493c1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
   return [attributes copy];
 }
 
-static void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
+void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
 {
   __block CGFloat maximumLineHeight = 0;
 
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ static void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
 
     [nsAttributedString appendAttributedString:nsAttributedStringFragment];
   }
-  RCTApplyBaselineOffset(nsAttributedString);
   [nsAttributedString endEditing];
 
   return nsAttributedString;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index b17124642b5332..a50065a56cf416 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ - (NSTextStorage *)_textStorageAndLayoutManagerWithAttributesString:(NSAttribute
 
   NSTextStorage *textStorage = [[NSTextStorage alloc] initWithAttributedString:attributedString];
 
+  RCTApplyBaselineOffset(textStorage);
+
   [textStorage addLayoutManager:layoutManager];
 
   if (paragraphAttributes.adjustsFontSizeToFit) {