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 ba055c292aa92b..fedddd1f32500d 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
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ 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;
     }
     updateStagedInputTypeFlag(view, KEYBOARD_TYPE_FLAGS, flagsToSet);
     checkPasswordType(view);