diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
index 928ddf3ef39d..9666041e47fe 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/ShadowTree.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ CommitStatus ShadowTree::tryCommit(
 
     auto newRevisionNumber = currentRevision_.number + 1;
 
-    if (!isReactBranch) {
+    {
       std::scoped_lock dispatchLock(EventEmitter::DispatchMutex());
       updateMountedFlag(
           currentRevision_.rootShadowNode->getChildren(),
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/updateMountedFlag.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/updateMountedFlag.cpp
index 55ab4b7c4cd0..5c50b8377360 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/updateMountedFlag.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/updateMountedFlag.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ void updateMountedFlag(
     return;
   }
 
+  // Mounted flags shouldn't be updated during the React revision merge
+  // because they were already set during the React branch commit. Setting them
+  // again would double-increment the EventEmitter's additive enable counter.
+  bool shouldUpdateMountedFlag =
+      commitSource != ShadowTreeCommitSource::ReactRevisionMerge;
+
+  // Runtime shadow node references are updated during the React revision
+  // commits so that JS can access layout data from the merged tree.
+  bool shouldUpdateRuntimeReference =
+      (commitSource == ShadowTreeCommitSource::React &&
+       ReactNativeFeatureFlags::updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommit()) ||
+      (ReactNativeFeatureFlags::
+           updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommitThread() &&
+       ShadowNode::getUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread());
+
+  if (!shouldUpdateMountedFlag && !shouldUpdateRuntimeReference) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   size_t index = 0;
 
   // Stage 1: Mount and unmount "updated" children.
@@ -47,15 +66,12 @@ void updateMountedFlag(
       break;
     }
 
-    newChild->setMounted(true);
-    oldChild->setMounted(false);
+    if (shouldUpdateMountedFlag) {
+      newChild->setMounted(true);
+      oldChild->setMounted(false);
+    }
 
-    if ((commitSource == ShadowTreeCommitSource::React &&
-         ReactNativeFeatureFlags::
-             updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommit()) ||
-        (ReactNativeFeatureFlags::
-             updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommitThread() &&
-         ShadowNode::getUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread())) {
+    if (shouldUpdateRuntimeReference) {
       newChild->updateRuntimeShadowNodeReference(newChild);
     }
 
@@ -68,14 +84,12 @@ void updateMountedFlag(
   // State 2: Mount new children.
   for (index = lastIndexAfterFirstStage; index < newChildren.size(); index++) {
     const auto& newChild = newChildren[index];
-    newChild->setMounted(true);
-
-    if ((commitSource == ShadowTreeCommitSource::React &&
-         ReactNativeFeatureFlags::
-             updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommit()) ||
-        (ReactNativeFeatureFlags::
-             updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommitThread() &&
-         ShadowNode::getUseRuntimeShadowNodeReferenceUpdateOnThread())) {
+
+    if (shouldUpdateMountedFlag) {
+      newChild->setMounted(true);
+    }
+
+    if (shouldUpdateRuntimeReference) {
       newChild->updateRuntimeShadowNodeReference(newChild);
     }
 
@@ -83,10 +97,14 @@ void updateMountedFlag(
   }
 
   // State 3: Unmount old children.
-  for (index = lastIndexAfterFirstStage; index < oldChildren.size(); index++) {
-    const auto& oldChild = oldChildren[index];
-    oldChild->setMounted(false);
-    updateMountedFlag(oldChild->getChildren(), {}, commitSource);
+  if (shouldUpdateMountedFlag) {
+    for (index = lastIndexAfterFirstStage; index < oldChildren.size();
+         index++) {
+      const auto& oldChild = oldChildren[index];
+      oldChild->setMounted(false);
+
+      updateMountedFlag(oldChild->getChildren(), {}, commitSource);
+    }
   }
 }
 } // namespace facebook::react