diff --git a/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/SkiaParagraph.skiko.kt b/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/SkiaParagraph.skiko.kt
index d637a654859c1..09ab19b36203a 100644
--- a/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/SkiaParagraph.skiko.kt
+++ b/compose/ui/ui-text/src/skikoMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/platform/SkiaParagraph.skiko.kt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ internal data class ComputedStyle(
 
     fun merge(density: Density, other: SpanStyle) {
         val fontSize = fontSizeInHierarchy(density, fontSize, other.fontSize)
-        textForegroundStyle.merge(other.textForegroundStyle)
+        textForegroundStyle = textForegroundStyle.merge(other.textForegroundStyle)
         other.fontFamily?.let { fontFamily = it }
         this.fontSize = fontSize
         other.fontWeight?.let { fontWeight = it }