diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 45b2c68145bb7d..47ae56222e9a93 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
           | InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
           | InputType.TYPE_CLASS_PHONE
           | PASSWORD_VISIBILITY_FLAG;
+  private static final int AUTOCAPITALIZE_FLAGS =
+      InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES
+          | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS
+          | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS;
 
   private static final String KEYBOARD_TYPE_EMAIL_ADDRESS = "email-address";
   private static final String KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMERIC = "numeric";
@@ -706,17 +710,13 @@ public void setAutoCapitalize(ReactEditText view, Dynamic autoCapitalize) {
       }
     }
 
-    updateStagedInputTypeFlag(
-        view,
-        InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES
-            | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS
-            | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS,
-        autoCapitalizeValue);
+    updateStagedInputTypeFlag(view, AUTOCAPITALIZE_FLAGS, autoCapitalizeValue);
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "keyboardType")
   public void setKeyboardType(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String keyboardType) {
     int flagsToSet = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT;
+    boolean unsettingFlagsBreaksAutocomplete = false;
     if (KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMERIC.equalsIgnoreCase(keyboardType)) {
       flagsToSet = INPUT_TYPE_KEYBOARD_NUMBERED;
     } else if (KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMBER_PAD.equalsIgnoreCase(keyboardType)) {
@@ -731,12 +731,15 @@ public void setKeyboardType(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String keyboardType) {
       // This will supercede secureTextEntry={false}. If it doesn't, due to the way
       //  the flags work out, the underlying field will end up a URI-type field.
       flagsToSet = InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD;
-    } else {
-      // This prevents KEYBOARD_TYPE_FLAGS from being set when the keyboardType is
-      // default, unsupported or null. Setting of this flag breaks the autoCapitalize functionality.
-      return;
+    } else if ((view.getStagedInputType() & AUTOCAPITALIZE_FLAGS) != 0) {
+      // This prevents KEYBOARD_TYPE_FLAGS from being unset when the keyboardType is
+      // default, null, or unsupported, and autocapitalize is on.
+      // Unsetting these flags breaks the autoCapitalize functionality.
+      unsettingFlagsBreaksAutocomplete = true;
     }
-    updateStagedInputTypeFlag(view, KEYBOARD_TYPE_FLAGS, flagsToSet);
+
+    updateStagedInputTypeFlag(
+        view, (unsettingFlagsBreaksAutocomplete ? 0 : KEYBOARD_TYPE_FLAGS), flagsToSet);
     checkPasswordType(view);
   }