diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/android/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/TextLayoutManager.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/android/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/TextLayoutManager.h
index fd7b1e2f9fd7..dc2cfcd869dd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/android/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/TextLayoutManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/android/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/TextLayoutManager.h
@@ -32,7 +32,31 @@ class TextLayoutManager;
  */
 class TextLayoutManager {
  public:
-  using PreparedTextLayout = SafeReleaseJniRef<jni::global_ref<JPreparedLayout>>;
+  /*
+   * A prepared layout's Java object. Copies share one JNI global reference, so
+   * returning a cached layout or storing it in state doesn't create another.
+   */
+  class PreparedTextLayout {
+   public:
+    PreparedTextLayout() = default;
+    explicit PreparedTextLayout(jni::global_ref<JPreparedLayout> ref)
+        : ref_(std::make_shared<const SafeReleaseJniRef<jni::global_ref<JPreparedLayout>>>(std::move(ref)))
+    {
+    }
+
+    JPreparedLayout::javaobject get() const
+    {
+      return ref_ ? ref_->get() : nullptr;
+    }
+
+    explicit operator bool() const noexcept
+    {
+      return ref_ && *ref_;
+    }
+
+   private:
+    std::shared_ptr<const SafeReleaseJniRef<jni::global_ref<JPreparedLayout>>> ref_;
+  };
 
   TextLayoutManager(const std::shared_ptr<const ContextContainer> &contextContainer);
 
diff --git a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAndroidFrameworksCxx.api b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAndroidFrameworksCxx.api
index 5e5dad5f5ce5..16c6a2d49520 100644
--- a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAndroidFrameworksCxx.api
+++ b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAndroidFrameworksCxx.api
@@ -4012,7 +4012,13 @@ class facebook::react::TextLayoutManager {
   public facebook::react::TextMeasurement measure(const facebook::react::AttributedStringBox& attributedStringBox, const facebook::react::ParagraphAttributes& paragraphAttributes, const facebook::react::TextLayoutContext& layoutContext, const facebook::react::LayoutConstraints& layoutConstraints) const;
   public facebook::react::TextMeasurement measureCachedSpannableById(int64_t cacheId, const facebook::react::ParagraphAttributes& paragraphAttributes, const facebook::react::TextLayoutContext& layoutContext, const facebook::react::LayoutConstraints& layoutConstraints) const;
   public facebook::react::TextMeasurement measurePreparedLayout(const facebook::react::TextLayoutManager::PreparedTextLayout& layout, const facebook::react::TextLayoutContext& layoutContext, const facebook::react::LayoutConstraints& layoutConstraints) const;
-  public using PreparedTextLayout = facebook::react::SafeReleaseJniRef<jni::global_ref<facebook::react::JPreparedLayout>>;
+}
+
+class facebook::react::TextLayoutManager::PreparedTextLayout {
+  public JPreparedLayout::javaobject get() const;
+  public PreparedTextLayout() = default;
+  public PreparedTextLayout(jni::global_ref<facebook::react::JPreparedLayout> ref);
+  public operator bool() const noexcept;
 }
 
 class facebook::react::TextMeasureCacheKey {