diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
index 075c5be23edf3c..f6a8885d12f204 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ private static void buildSpannedFromShadowNode(
                 start, end, new BackgroundColorSpan(textShadowNode.mBackgroundColor)));
       }
       if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
-        if (textShadowNode.mLetterSpacing != Float.NaN) {
+        if (!Float.isNaN(textShadowNode.mLetterSpacing)) {
           ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(
             start,
             end,