diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index 5203cf36e87..ee48b398c12 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ function InternalTextInput(props: TextInputProps): React.Node {
       TextInputState.registerInput(inputRefValue);
 
       return () => {
-        TextInputState.unregisterInput(inputRefValue);
-
         if (TextInputState.currentlyFocusedInput() === inputRefValue) {
           nullthrows(inputRefValue).blur();
         }
+
+        TextInputState.unregisterInput(inputRefValue);
       };
     }
   }, []);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-itest.js
index d7f1636c2cd..1fd3bfe4280 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/__tests__/TextInput-itest.js
@@ -597,6 +597,33 @@ describe('<TextInput>', () => {
           'Command {type: "AndroidTextInput", nativeID: "text-input", name: "blur"}',
         ]);
       });
+
+      it('dispatches the blur command when a focused input is unmounted', () => {
+        const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+        const ref = createRef<HostInstance>();
+
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          root.render(<TextInput nativeID="text-input" ref={ref} />);
+        });
+
+        const instance = nullthrows(ref.current);
+
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          instance.focus();
+        });
+
+        root.takeMountingManagerLogs();
+
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          // unmount TextInput
+          root.render(<></>);
+        });
+
+        expect(root.takeMountingManagerLogs()).toContain(
+          'Command {type: "AndroidTextInput", nativeID: "text-input", name: "blur"}',
+        );
+        expect(TextInput.State.currentlyFocusedInput()).toBe(null);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('clear()', () => {