diff --git a/src/__tests__/LinearLayoutManager.test.ts b/src/__tests__/LinearLayoutManager.test.ts
index 53b70cbb8..01756b8d5 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/LinearLayoutManager.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/LinearLayoutManager.test.ts
@@ -288,4 +288,63 @@ describe("LinearLayoutManager", () => {
       expect(getAllLayouts(manager).length).toBe(3);
     });
   });
+  describe("Tail sync after a partial recompute", () => {
+    // A recompute pass is capped at maxItemsToProcess items. When the items it
+    // touched end up positioned past the (untouched) last item, the layout
+    // manager has to recompute the tail as well, otherwise the reported content
+    // size is stale and the tail overlaps the items that were just moved.
+    const itemCount = 300;
+    const measuredCount = 25;
+    const measuredSize = 1000;
+
+    it("recomputes the tail of a vertical list", () => {
+      const manager = createLayoutManager(
+        LayoutManagerType.LINEAR,
+        defaultParams
+      );
+      manager.modifyLayout([], itemCount);
+
+      manager.modifyLayout(
+        Array.from({ length: measuredCount }, (_, index) =>
+          createMockLayoutInfo(index, 400, measuredSize)
+        ),
+        itemCount
+      );
+
+      const layouts = getAllLayouts(manager);
+      for (let index = 1; index < itemCount; index++) {
+        expect(layouts[index].y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(layouts[index - 1].y);
+      }
+      const lastLayout = layouts[itemCount - 1];
+      expect(manager.getLayoutSize().height).toBe(
+        lastLayout.y + lastLayout.height
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("recomputes the tail of a horizontal list", () => {
+      const manager = createLayoutManager(
+        LayoutManagerType.LINEAR,
+        horizontalParams
+      );
+      manager.modifyLayout([], itemCount);
+
+      manager.modifyLayout(
+        Array.from({ length: measuredCount }, (_, index) =>
+          createMockLayoutInfo(index, measuredSize, 300)
+        ),
+        itemCount
+      );
+
+      const layouts = getAllLayouts(manager);
+      // Every item must still start at or after the previous one - a stale tail
+      // shows up here as item n sitting on top of much earlier items.
+      for (let index = 1; index < itemCount; index++) {
+        expect(layouts[index].x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(layouts[index - 1].x);
+      }
+      const lastLayout = layouts[itemCount - 1];
+      expect(manager.getLayoutSize().width).toBe(
+        lastLayout.x + lastLayout.width
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LayoutManager.ts b/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LayoutManager.ts
index fc73c9148..7a11f117a 100644
--- a/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LayoutManager.ts
+++ b/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LayoutManager.ts
@@ -359,15 +359,27 @@ export abstract class RVLayoutManager {
         this.lastSkippedLayoutIndex
       );
       const lastIndex = this.layouts.length - 1;
-      // Since layout managers derive height from last indices we need to make
-      // sure they're not too much out of sync.
-      if (this.layouts[lastIndex].y < this.layouts[endIndex].y) {
+      // Since layout managers derive the content size from the last indices we
+      // need to make sure they're not too much out of sync. The position that
+      // grows along the list is x for horizontal layouts and y otherwise.
+      const lastPosition = this.getScrollAxisPosition(this.layouts[lastIndex]);
+      const endPosition = this.getScrollAxisPosition(this.layouts[endIndex]);
+      if (lastPosition < endPosition) {
         this.recomputeLayouts(this.lastSkippedLayoutIndex, lastIndex);
         this.lastSkippedLayoutIndex = Number.MAX_VALUE;
       }
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the position of a layout along the scroll axis.
+   * @param layout Layout to read the position from
+   * @returns x for horizontal layouts, y otherwise
+   */
+  private getScrollAxisPosition(layout: RVLayout): number {
+    return this.horizontal ? layout.x : layout.y;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Computes size estimates and finds the minimum recompute index.
    * @param layoutInfo Array of layout information for items