diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalContent.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalContent.js
index 0ce3ee493c..f09888adb2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalContent.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalContent.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import View from '../View';
 import StyleSheet from '../StyleSheet';
 import canUseDOM from '../../modules/canUseDom';
+import useLayoutEffect from '../../modules/useLayoutEffect';
 
 export type ModalContentProps = {
   ...ViewProps,
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ const ModalContent: React.AbstractComponent<
 > = React.forwardRef((props, forwardedRef) => {
   const { active, children, onRequestClose, transparent, ...rest } = props;
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
+  // A layout effect, so that Escape goes to the active modal from the commit
+  // that sets `role="dialog"`, not a task later.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (canUseDOM) {
       const closeOnEscape = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
         if (active && e.key === 'Escape') {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalFocusTrap.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalFocusTrap.js
index f596bf60d2..eb7a0f5018 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalFocusTrap.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/ModalFocusTrap.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import createElement from '../createElement';
 import StyleSheet from '../StyleSheet';
 import UIManager from '../UIManager';
 import canUseDOM from '../../modules/canUseDom';
+import useLayoutEffect from '../../modules/useLayoutEffect';
 
 /**
  * This Component is used to "wrap" the modal we're opening
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ const ModalFocusTrap = ({
     lastFocusedElement: null
   });
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
+  // A layout effect, so that focus is trapped from the commit that makes the
+  // modal active, not a task later.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (canUseDOM) {
       const trapFocus = () => {
         // We should not trap focus if:
diff --git a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/__tests__/index-test.js
index 9e82fcc5ba..f12af213b1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-web/src/exports/Modal/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -567,6 +567,86 @@ describe('components/Modal', () => {
     expect(document.activeElement).toBe(outsideElement);
   });
 
+  test('focus is trapped in the same commit that makes the modal active', () => {
+    // Its layout effect runs in that commit, after the modal's own effects and
+    // before passive effects: what it sees is what an event arriving right
+    // after the commit would see.
+    function Probe({ active, onCommit }) {
+      React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+        if (active) onCommit();
+      }, [active, onCommit]);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    let seen;
+    const onCommit = () => {
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]');
+      seen = dialog != null && dialog.contains(document.activeElement);
+    };
+
+    function Test({ visible }) {
+      const [active, setActive] = React.useState(false);
+      return (
+        <>
+          <a data-testid={'outside'} href={'#outside'}>
+            Outside
+          </a>
+          <Modal onShow={() => setActive(true)} visible={visible}>
+            <a data-testid={'inside'} href={'#hello'}>
+              Hello
+            </a>
+          </Modal>
+          <Probe active={active} onCommit={onCommit} />
+        </>
+      );
+    }
+
+    const { rerender } = render(<Test visible={false} />);
+    document.querySelector('[data-testid="outside"]').focus();
+    rerender(<Test visible={true} />);
+
+    expect(seen).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('escape goes to the new top modal in the same commit that makes it active', () => {
+    const spyA = jest.fn();
+    const spyB = jest.fn();
+
+    // See the test above: an Escape right after the commit that makes modal B
+    // active.
+    function Probe({ active }) {
+      React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+        if (active) {
+          document.dispatchEvent(
+            new KeyboardEvent('keyup', { bubbles: true, key: 'Escape' })
+          );
+        }
+      }, [active]);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    function Test({ visibleB }) {
+      const [activeB, setActiveB] = React.useState(false);
+      return (
+        <>
+          <Modal onRequestClose={spyA} visible={true} />
+          <Modal
+            onRequestClose={spyB}
+            onShow={() => setActiveB(true)}
+            visible={visibleB}
+          />
+          <Probe active={activeB} />
+        </>
+      );
+    }
+
+    const { rerender } = render(<Test visibleB={false} />);
+    rerender(<Test visibleB={true} />);
+
+    expect(spyA).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(spyB).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   test('creates portal outside of the react container', () => {
     const { container, baseElement } = render(
       <Modal visible={true}>