diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState.js
index fe9a1c89da..87cb3ccf78 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function blurField(textFieldID: ?number) {
 /**
  * @param {number} TextInputID id of the text field to focus
  * Focuses the specified text field
- * noop if the text field was already focused
+ * noop if the text field was already focused or if the field is not editable
  */
 function focusTextInput(textField: ?ComponentRef) {
   if (typeof textField === 'number') {
@@ -86,7 +86,15 @@ function focusTextInput(textField: ?ComponentRef) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (currentlyFocusedInputRef !== textField && textField != null) {
+  if (textField != null) {
+    const fieldCanBeFocused =
+      currentlyFocusedInputRef !== textField &&
+      // $FlowFixMe - `currentProps` is missing in `NativeMethods`
+      textField.currentProps?.editable !== false;
+
+    if (!fieldCanBeFocused) {
+      return;
+    }
     focusInput(textField);
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       // This isn't necessarily a single line text input
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-test.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-test.js
index 9704a1a2c5..f63c82bebe 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-test.js
@@ -79,9 +79,26 @@ describe('TextInput tests', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should have support being focused and unfocused', () => {
+  function createTextInput(extraProps) {
     const textInputRef = React.createRef(null);
-    ReactTestRenderer.create(<TextInput ref={textInputRef} value="value1" />);
+    ReactTestRenderer.create(
+      <TextInput ref={textInputRef} value="value1" {...extraProps} />,
+    );
+    return textInputRef;
+  }
+
+  it('focus() should not do anything if the TextInput is not editable', () => {
+    const textInputRef = createTextInput({editable: false});
+    // currentProps is the property actually containing props at runtime
+    textInputRef.current.currentProps = textInputRef.current.props;
+    expect(textInputRef.current.isFocused()).toBe(false);
+
+    TextInput.State.focusTextInput(textInputRef.current);
+    expect(textInputRef.current.isFocused()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should have support for being focused and blurred', () => {
+    const textInputRef = createTextInput();
 
     expect(textInputRef.current.isFocused()).toBe(false);
     ReactNative.findNodeHandle = jest.fn().mockImplementation(ref => {