diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/scrollview/AndroidHorizontalScrollContentViewShadowNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/scrollview/AndroidHorizontalScrollContentViewShadowNode.cpp
index d7975f0ba396..eb7b4ce7e4a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/scrollview/AndroidHorizontalScrollContentViewShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/scrollview/AndroidHorizontalScrollContentViewShadowNode.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ void AndroidHorizontalScrollContentViewShadowNode::layout(
   ConcreteViewShadowNode::layout(layoutContext);
 
   // When the layout direction is RTL, we expect Yoga to give us a layout
-  // that extends off the screen to the left so we re-center it with left=0
-  if (layoutMetrics_.layoutDirection == LayoutDirection::RightToLeft) {
+  // that extends off the screen to the left so we re-center it to be at most
+  // zero (where the scrolling offset will be adjusted to match if larger than
+  // parent width on the Android component side).
+  if (layoutMetrics_.layoutDirection == LayoutDirection::RightToLeft &&
+      layoutMetrics_.frame.origin.x < 0) {
     layoutMetrics_.frame.origin.x = 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
index faf56a7bdd14..ae0b34365c56 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
@@ -287,6 +287,19 @@ const examples: Array<RNTesterModuleExample> = [
       );
     },
   },
+  {
+    name: 'stubbyHorizontalScrollView',
+    title: '<ScrollView> (horizontal = true) in RTL not filling content\n',
+    description:
+      'A horizontal RTL ScrollView whose content is smaller thatn its containner',
+    render(): React.Node {
+      return (
+        <View testID="stubby-horizontal-rtl-scrollview">
+          <HorizontalScrollView direction="rtl" itemCount={1} />
+        </View>
+      );
+    },
+  },
   {
     title: '<ScrollView> enable & disable\n',
     description: 'ScrollView scrolling behaviour can be disabled and enabled',
@@ -541,10 +554,16 @@ const AndroidScrollBarOptions = () => {
   );
 };
 
-const HorizontalScrollView = (props: {direction: 'ltr' | 'rtl'}) => {
+const HorizontalScrollView = (props: {
+  direction: 'ltr' | 'rtl',
+  itemCount?: number,
+}) => {
   const {direction} = props;
   const scrollRef = React.useRef<?React.ElementRef<typeof ScrollView>>();
   const title = direction === 'ltr' ? 'LTR Layout' : 'RTL Layout';
+  const items =
+    props.itemCount == null ? ITEMS : ITEMS.slice(0, props.itemCount);
+
   return (
     <View style={{direction}}>
       <RNTesterText style={styles.text}>{title}</RNTesterText>
@@ -555,7 +574,7 @@ const HorizontalScrollView = (props: {direction: 'ltr' | 'rtl'}) => {
         horizontal={true}
         style={[styles.scrollView, styles.horizontalScrollView]}
         testID={'scroll_horizontal'}>
-        {ITEMS.map(createItemRow)}
+        {items.map(createItemRow)}
       </ScrollView>
       <Button
         label="Scroll to start"