diff --git a/packages/react-native-enriched-markdown/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/markdown/spans/LinkPillSpan.kt b/packages/react-native-enriched-markdown/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/markdown/spans/LinkPillSpan.kt
index 005a0b18e..09af73386 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-enriched-markdown/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/markdown/spans/LinkPillSpan.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-enriched-markdown/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/markdown/spans/LinkPillSpan.kt
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ class LinkPillSpan(
         if (style == base.style) base else Typeface.create(base, style)
       }
     textSize = fontSize
+    // The first run can be inline code's narrowed padding space (CodePaddingSpan).
+    textScaleX = 1f
     color = variant.color
     bgColor = 0
     isUnderlineText = variant.underline