diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index 32b0798926de..ac553045a9c0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ - (LinesMeasurements)getLinesForAttributedString:(facebook::react::AttributedStr
                                          .width = usedRect.size.width, .height = usedRect.size.height}};
 
                                  CGFloat baseline = [layoutManager locationForGlyphAtIndex:range.location].y;
+                                 const char *renderedUTF8 = [renderedString UTF8String];
                                  auto line = LineMeasurement{
-                                     std::string(
-                                         [renderedString UTF8String] != nullptr ? [renderedString UTF8String] : ""),
+                                     std::string(renderedUTF8 != nullptr ? renderedUTF8 : ""),
                                      rect,
                                      overallRect.size.height - baseline,
                                      font.capHeight,