diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanView.java
index 4985583f..0b6987d7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanView.java
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class TSpanView extends TextView {
         final int length = line.length();
         final Path path = new Path();
 
+        emoji.clear();
+        emojiTransforms.clear();
+
         if (length == 0) {
             return path;
         }
@@ -759,9 +762,6 @@ class TSpanView extends TextView {
         final float[] startPointMatrixData = new float[9];
         final float[] endPointMatrixData = new float[9];
 
-        emoji.clear();
-        emojiTransforms.clear();
-
         for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
             char currentChar = chars[index];
             String current = String.valueOf(currentChar);