diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
index 99104f0ec8fc..49a2b2d42a18 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     _props = defaultProps;
 
     _imageView = [RCTUIImageViewAnimated new];
-    _imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
     _imageView.contentMode = RCTContentModeFromImageResizeMode(defaultProps->resizeMode);
     _imageView.layer.minificationFilter = kCAFilterTrilinear;
     _imageView.layer.magnificationFilter = kCAFilterTrilinear;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 5571b5350bff..a1e82d07969c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
   }
 
   const auto borderMetrics = _props->resolveBorderMetrics(_layoutMetrics);
+  BOOL const borderRadiiCircular = areBorderRadiiCircular(borderMetrics.borderRadii);
 
   // Stage 1. Shadow Path
   BOOL const layerHasShadow = layer.shadowOpacity > 0 && CGColorGetAlpha(layer.shadowColor) > 0;
@@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
   const bool useCoreAnimationBorderRendering =
       borderMetrics.borderColors.isUniform() && borderMetrics.borderWidths.isUniform() &&
       borderMetrics.borderStyles.isUniform() && borderMetrics.borderStyles.left == BorderStyle::Solid &&
-      areBorderRadiiCircular(borderMetrics.borderRadii) &&
+      borderRadiiCircular &&
       (
           // iOS draws borders in front of the content whereas CSS draws them behind
           // the content. For this reason, only use iOS border drawing when clipping
@@ -1126,7 +1127,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
     _outlineLayer.frame = CGRectInset(
         layer.bounds, -_props->outlineOffset - _props->outlineWidth, -_props->outlineOffset - _props->outlineWidth);
 
-    if (areBorderRadiiCircular(borderMetrics.borderRadii) && borderMetrics.borderRadii.topLeft.horizontal == 0) {
+    if (borderRadiiCircular && borderMetrics.borderRadii.topLeft.horizontal == 0) {
       UIColor *outlineColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(_props->outlineColor);
       _outlineLayer.borderWidth = _props->outlineWidth;
       _outlineLayer.borderColor = outlineColor.CGColor;
@@ -1302,7 +1303,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
   if (self.currentContainerView.clipsToBounds) {
     BOOL clipToPaddingBox = ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableIOSViewClipToPaddingBox();
     if (!clipToPaddingBox) {
-      if (areBorderRadiiCircular(borderMetrics.borderRadii)) {
+      if (borderRadiiCircular) {
         self.currentContainerView.layer.cornerRadius = borderMetrics.borderRadii.topLeft.horizontal;
       } else {
         CALayer *maskLayer =
@@ -1312,20 +1313,26 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
         self.currentContainerView.layer.mask = maskLayer;
       }
 
-      for (UIView *subview in self.currentContainerView.subviews) {
-        if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UIImageView class]]) {
-          RCTCornerInsets cornerInsets = RCTGetCornerInsets(
-              RCTCornerRadiiFromBorderRadii(borderMetrics.borderRadii),
-              RCTUIEdgeInsetsFromEdgeInsets(borderMetrics.borderWidths));
-
-          // If the subview is an image view, we have to apply the mask directly to the image view's layer,
-          // otherwise the image might overflow with the border radius.
-          subview.layer.mask = [self createMaskLayer:subview.bounds cornerInsets:cornerInsets];
+      if (!borderRadiiCircular &&
+          (borderMetrics.borderColors.left || borderMetrics.borderColors.right || borderMetrics.borderColors.top ||
+           borderMetrics.borderColors.bottom)) {
+        for (UIView *subview in self.currentContainerView.subviews) {
+          if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UIImageView class]]) {
+            RCTCornerInsets cornerInsets = RCTGetCornerInsets(
+                RCTCornerRadiiFromBorderRadii(borderMetrics.borderRadii),
+                RCTUIEdgeInsetsFromEdgeInsets(borderMetrics.borderWidths));
+
+            // If the subview is an image view, we have to apply the mask directly to the image view's layer,
+            // otherwise the image might overflow with the border radius.
+            // Applying a mask is rendering wise expensive so we only apply it when needed, which is only
+            // for none uniform border radii (that are actually visible by color).
+            subview.layer.mask = [self createMaskLayer:subview.bounds cornerInsets:cornerInsets];
+          }
         }
       }
     } else if (
         !borderMetrics.borderWidths.isUniform() || borderMetrics.borderWidths.left != 0 ||
-        !areBorderRadiiCircular(borderMetrics.borderRadii)) {
+        !borderRadiiCircular) {
       CALayer *maskLayer = [self createMaskLayer:RCTCGRectFromRect(_layoutMetrics.getPaddingFrame())
                                     cornerInsets:RCTGetCornerInsets(
                                                      RCTCornerRadiiFromBorderRadii(borderMetrics.borderRadii),
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Image/ImageExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Image/ImageExample.js
index 55d4a8e7da26..b9cb2f08b609 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Image/ImageExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Image/ImageExample.js
@@ -1051,6 +1051,13 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   flex: {
     flex: 1,
   },
+  imageWithUniformButNoneCircularBorderRadius: {
+    width: 200,
+    height: 100,
+    borderRadius: '50%',
+    borderWidth: 4,
+    borderColor: 'blue',
+  },
   imageWithBorderRadius: {
     borderRadius: 5,
   },
@@ -1420,6 +1427,10 @@ exports.examples = [
     render: function (): React.Node {
       return (
         <View style={styles.horizontal} testID="border-radius-example">
+          <Image
+            style={styles.imageWithUniformButNoneCircularBorderRadius}
+            source={fullImage}
+          />
           <Image
             style={[styles.base, styles.imageWithBorderRadius]}
             source={fullImage}