diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/AbsoluteLayout.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/AbsoluteLayout.cpp
index 181dfcb1b0de..4f14165d7e97 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/AbsoluteLayout.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/AbsoluteLayout.cpp
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ bool layoutAbsoluteDescendants(
       // we need to mutate these descendents. Make sure the path of
       // nodes to them is mutable before positioning.
       child->cloneChildrenIfNeeded();
+      cleanupContentsNodesRecursively(child);
       const Direction childDirection =
           child->resolveDirection(currentNodeDirection);
       // By now all descendants of the containing block that are not absolute
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
index d42bd5f9e707..d04127733d3f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,12 @@ void Node::cloneChildrenIfNeeded() {
       child = resolveRef(config_->cloneNode(child, this, i));
       child->setOwner(this);
 
-      if (child->hasContentsChildren()) [[unlikely]] {
+      if (child->style().display() == Display::Contents) [[unlikely]] {
+        // The contents node's children are treated as children of the
+        // contents node's parent for layout purposes, so they need
+        // to be cloned as well.
+        child->cloneChildrenIfNeeded();
+      } else if (child->hasContentsChildren()) [[unlikely]] {
         child->cloneContentsChildrenIfNeeded();
       }
     }