diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
index 984db279df53..0365ea8f97e1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/textinput/BaseTextInputShadowNode.h
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
+inline ShadowView shadowViewFromShadowNode(const ShadowNode& shadowNode) {
+  auto shadowView = ShadowView{shadowNode};
+  // Clearing `props` and `state` (which we don't use) allows avoiding retain
+  // cycles.
+  shadowView.props = nullptr;
+  shadowView.state = nullptr;
+  return shadowView;
+}
+
 /*
  * Base `ShadowNode` for <TextInput> component.
  */
@@ -171,7 +180,7 @@ class BaseTextInputShadowNode
     AttributedString attributedString;
     attributedString.appendFragment(
         AttributedString::Fragment{
-            .string = props.text, .textAttributes = textAttributes, .parentShadowView = ShadowView(*this)});
+            .string = props.text, .textAttributes = textAttributes, .parentShadowView = shadowViewFromShadowNode(*this)});
 
     auto attachments = BaseTextShadowNode::Attachments{};
     BaseTextShadowNode::buildAttributedString(textAttributes, *this, attributedString, attachments);