diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animationbackend/AnimationBackend.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animationbackend/AnimationBackend.cpp
index 2d73065a10cd..789bb1fc4f7f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animationbackend/AnimationBackend.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animationbackend/AnimationBackend.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,17 @@ static inline Props::Shared cloneProps(
       shadowNode.getSurfaceId(), *shadowNode.getContextContainer()};
   Props::Shared newProps;
   if (animatedProps.rawProps) {
-    newProps = shadowNode.getComponentDescriptor().cloneProps(
-        propsParserContext,
-        shadowNode.getProps(),
-        std::move(*animatedProps.rawProps));
+    if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableFabricCommitBranching()) {
+      newProps = shadowNode.getComponentDescriptor().cloneProps(
+          propsParserContext,
+          shadowNode.getProps(),
+          std::move(*animatedProps.rawProps));
+    } else {
+      newProps = shadowNode.getComponentDescriptor().cloneProps(
+          propsParserContext,
+          shadowNode.getProps(),
+          RawProps(*animatedProps.rawProps));
+    }
   } else {
     newProps = shadowNode.getComponentDescriptor().cloneProps(
         propsParserContext, shadowNode.getProps(), {});