diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
index 5c3f18d1c16c08..b8894132b77619 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/ScrollView/RCTScrollViewComponentView.mm
@@ -675,17 +675,17 @@ - (void)scrollToOffset:(CGPoint)offset
 
 - (void)scrollToOffset:(CGPoint)offset animated:(BOOL)animated
 {
+  if (_layoutMetrics.layoutDirection == LayoutDirection::RightToLeft) {
+    // Adjusting offset.x in right to left layout direction.
+    offset.x = self.contentSize.width - _scrollView.frame.size.width - offset.x;
+  }
+
   if (CGPointEqualToPoint(_scrollView.contentOffset, offset)) {
     return;
   }
 
   [self _forceDispatchNextScrollEvent];
 
-  if (_layoutMetrics.layoutDirection == LayoutDirection::RightToLeft) {
-    // Adjusting offset.x in right to left layout direction.
-    offset.x = self.contentSize.width - _scrollView.frame.size.width - offset.x;
-  }
-
   [_scrollView setContentOffset:offset animated:animated];
 
   if (!animated) {