diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/CalculateLayout.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/CalculateLayout.cpp
index b54eeeeca3f4af..58394a4563210b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/CalculateLayout.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/algorithm/CalculateLayout.cpp
@@ -545,12 +545,8 @@ static float computeFlexBasisForChildren(
     if (performLayout) {
       // Set the initial position (relative to the owner).
       const Direction childDirection = child->resolveDirection(direction);
-      const float mainDim =
-          isRow(mainAxis) ? availableInnerWidth : availableInnerHeight;
-      const float crossDim =
-          isRow(mainAxis) ? availableInnerHeight : availableInnerWidth;
       child->setPosition(
-          childDirection, mainDim, crossDim, availableInnerWidth);
+          childDirection, availableInnerWidth, availableInnerHeight);
     }
 
     if (child->style().positionType() == PositionType::Absolute) {
@@ -2388,8 +2384,7 @@ void calculateLayout(
           markerData,
           0, // tree root
           gCurrentGenerationCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))) {
-    node->setPosition(
-        node->getLayout().direction(), ownerWidth, ownerHeight, ownerWidth);
+    node->setPosition(node->getLayout().direction(), ownerWidth, ownerHeight);
     roundLayoutResultsToPixelGrid(node, 0.0f, 0.0f);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
index 31ad09f8c98131..abda52f5cfe93c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.cpp
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ float Node::relativePosition(
 
 void Node::setPosition(
     const Direction direction,
-    const float mainSize,
-    const float crossSize,
-    const float ownerWidth) {
+    const float ownerWidth,
+    const float ownerHeight) {
   /* Root nodes should be always layouted as LTR, so we don't return negative
    * values. */
   const Direction directionRespectingRoot =
@@ -244,10 +243,14 @@ void Node::setPosition(
 
   // In the case of position static these are just 0. See:
   // https://www.w3.org/TR/css-position-3/#valdef-position-static
-  const float relativePositionMain =
-      relativePosition(mainAxis, directionRespectingRoot, mainSize);
-  const float relativePositionCross =
-      relativePosition(crossAxis, directionRespectingRoot, crossSize);
+  const float relativePositionMain = relativePosition(
+      mainAxis,
+      directionRespectingRoot,
+      isRow(mainAxis) ? ownerWidth : ownerHeight);
+  const float relativePositionCross = relativePosition(
+      crossAxis,
+      directionRespectingRoot,
+      isRow(mainAxis) ? ownerHeight : ownerWidth);
 
   const auto mainAxisLeadingEdge = inlineStartEdge(mainAxis, direction);
   const auto mainAxisTrailingEdge = inlineEndEdge(mainAxis, direction);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
index cd029b40d46671..06175b8ee03249 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/node/Node.h
@@ -229,11 +229,7 @@ class YG_EXPORT Node : public ::YGNode {
   void setLayoutBorder(float border, PhysicalEdge edge);
   void setLayoutPadding(float padding, PhysicalEdge edge);
   void setLayoutPosition(float position, PhysicalEdge edge);
-  void setPosition(
-      Direction direction,
-      float mainSize,
-      float crossSize,
-      float ownerWidth);
+  void setPosition(Direction direction, float ownerWidth, float ownerHeight);
 
   // Other methods
   Style::Length resolveFlexBasisPtr() const;