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 1d8c8ec8ff098d..4cad9dc65aa689 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
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private static final void buildSpannedFromTextCSSNode(
       ((ReactTextShadowNode) child).markUpdateSeen();
     }
     int end = sb.length();
-    if (end > start) {
+    if (end >= start) {
       if (textCSSNode.mIsColorSet) {
         ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ForegroundColorSpan(textCSSNode.mColor)));
       }