diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
index c147f3707356..5ed77b7b1e81 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<ShadowNode> ShadowNode::cloneTree(
     childNode = parentNode.clone(
         {.children =
              std::make_shared<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const ShadowNode>>>(
-                 children)});
+                 std::move(children))});
   }
 
   return std::const_pointer_cast<ShadowNode>(childNode);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
index cc53b101e115..9b627c113a8e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/tests/ShadowNodeTest.cpp
@@ -429,3 +429,37 @@ TEST_F(ShadowNodeTest, cloneMultipleWithEmptyFamilySet) {
 
   EXPECT_EQ(result, nullptr);
 }
+
+TEST_F(ShadowNodeTest, cloneTree) {
+  auto newProps = std::make_shared<const TestProps>();
+  auto newRoot = nodeA_->cloneTree(
+      nodeABB_->getFamily(), [&](const ShadowNode& oldShadowNode) {
+        return oldShadowNode.clone({.props = newProps});
+      });
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getTag(), nodeA_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_NE(newRoot.get(), nodeA_.get());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getChildren().size(), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getChildren()[0]->getTag(), nodeAA_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getChildren()[0]->getProps(), nodeAA_->getProps());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getChildren()[2]->getTag(), nodeAC_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newRoot->getChildren()[2]->getProps(), nodeAC_->getProps());
+
+  auto newNodeAB = newRoot->getChildren()[1];
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeAB->getTag(), nodeAB_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_NE(newNodeAB.get(), nodeAB_.get());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeAB->getChildren().size(), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeAB->getChildren()[0]->getTag(), nodeABA_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeAB->getChildren()[0]->getProps(), nodeABA_->getProps());
+
+  auto newNodeABB = newNodeAB->getChildren()[1];
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeABB->getTag(), nodeABB_->getTag());
+  EXPECT_NE(newNodeABB.get(), nodeABB_.get());
+  EXPECT_EQ(newNodeABB->getProps(), newProps);
+
+  // The original tree is left untouched.
+  EXPECT_EQ(nodeA_->getChildren().size(), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nodeA_->getChildren()[1].get(), nodeAB_.get());
+  EXPECT_EQ(nodeAB_->getChildren().size(), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nodeAB_->getChildren()[1].get(), nodeABB_.get());
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerUpdateShadowTree.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerUpdateShadowTree.cpp
index c691d5a897ca..8fb2e50ad313 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerUpdateShadowTree.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManagerUpdateShadowTree.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void addAncestorsToUpdateList(
   while (!currentShadowNode->getChildren().empty() &&
          currentShadowNode->getTag() != shadowNode->getTag()) {
     ancestorShadowNodesShared[ancestorIndex] = currentShadowNode;
-    auto children = currentShadowNode->getChildren();
+    const auto& children = currentShadowNode->getChildren();
     auto childIndex = ancestors[ancestorIndex].second;
     currentShadowNode = children[childIndex];
     ancestorIndex++;
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ void UIManager::updateShadowTree(
         auto cloned = oldShadowNode->clone(
             {.props = newProps,
              .children = std::make_shared<
-                 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const ShadowNode>>>(children)});
+                 std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const ShadowNode>>>(
+                 std::move(children))});
         clonedShadowNodes.insert({oldShadowNode->getTag(), std::move(cloned)});
       } else {
         LOG(ERROR) << "oldShadowNode is null";