diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextView.java
index f4485d97..0fa37376 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextView.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class TextView extends GroupView {
         TextView node = this;
         ViewParent parent = this.getParent();
         for (int i = font.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (!(parent instanceof TextView) || font.get(i).textAnchor == TextProperties.TextAnchor.start) {
+            if (!(parent instanceof TextView) || font.get(i).textAnchor == TextProperties.TextAnchor.start || node.mPositionX != null) {
                 return node;
             }
             node = (TextView) parent;
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
index b9e69996..ee94c96a 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@
     for (NSInteger i = [font count] - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         RNSVGFontData* fontData = [font objectAtIndex:i];
         if (![parent isKindOfClass:[RNSVGText class]] ||
-            fontData->textAnchor == RNSVGTextAnchorStart) {
+            fontData->textAnchor == RNSVGTextAnchorStart ||
+            node.positionX != nil) {
             return node;
         }
         node = (RNSVGText*) parent;