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 8d906c4bc2..5f4ad868fe 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -1024,11 +1024,6 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
 
   @Override
   public void setMeasureFunction(YogaMeasureFunction measureFunction) {
-    if ((measureFunction == null ^ mYogaNode.isMeasureDefined()) && getChildCount() != 0) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(
-          "Since a node with a measure function does not add any native yoga children, it's "
-              + "not safe to transition to/from having a measure function unless a node has no children");
-    }
     mYogaNode.setMeasureFunction(measureFunction);
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
index 37b13700fc..1cec7c690b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LayoutShadowNode;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactShadowNodeImpl;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.Spacing;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaConstants;
@@ -144,7 +145,6 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
   private ReactTextShadowNode(ReactTextShadowNode node) {
     super(node);
     this.mPreparedSpannableText = node.mPreparedSpannableText;
-    initMeasureFunction();
   }
 
   private void initMeasureFunction() {
@@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
     return new ReactTextShadowNode(this);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ReactShadowNodeImpl mutableCopy() {
+    ReactTextShadowNode copy = (ReactTextShadowNode) super.mutableCopy();
+    copy.initMeasureFunction();
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ReactShadowNodeImpl mutableCopyWithNewChildren() {
+    ReactTextShadowNode copy = (ReactTextShadowNode) super.mutableCopyWithNewChildren();
+    copy.initMeasureFunction();
+    return copy;
+  }
+
   // Return text alignment according to LTR or RTL style
   private int getTextAlign() {
     int textAlign = mTextAlign;