diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
index 637264bfc6b6..6fb094160928 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ class WebSocket extends EventTarget {
     );
     this._socketId = nextWebSocketId++;
     this._registerEvents();
+    // Skip this constructor's own frame so that the request initiator stack
+    // starts at the caller of `new WebSocket()`.
     const devToolsRequestId =
-      global.__NETWORK_REPORTER__?.createDevToolsRequestId();
+      global.__NETWORK_REPORTER__?.createDevToolsRequestId(1);
     NativeWebSocketModule.connect(
       url,
       protocolList,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/RuntimeTargetNetwork.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/RuntimeTargetNetwork.cpp
index 506b0f9f74d1..267525b81fa9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/RuntimeTargetNetwork.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/RuntimeTargetNetwork.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 #include <react/utils/Uuid.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 using namespace facebook::jsi;
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 
@@ -44,8 +46,16 @@ void RuntimeTarget::installNetworkReporterAPI() {
   auto jsiCreateDevToolsRequestId = [selfWeak = weak_from_this()](
                                         Runtime& runtime,
                                         const Value& /*thisVal*/,
-                                        const Value* /*args*/,
-                                        size_t /*count*/) -> Value {
+                                        const Value* args,
+                                        size_t count) -> Value {
+    // Optional `framesToSkip` argument: the number of leading JS call frames
+    // that belong to the calling API's own implementation (e.g. the `WebSocket`
+    // constructor), which are omitted from the recorded initiator stack so
+    // that its top frame is the code that invoked the API.
+    size_t framesToSkip = 0;
+    if (count > 0 && args[0].isNumber()) {
+      framesToSkip = static_cast<size_t>(std::max(0.0, args[0].asNumber()));
+    }
     std::optional<std::string> devToolsRequestId;
     tryExecuteSync(selfWeak, [&](RuntimeTarget& self) {
       devToolsRequestId = self.createNetworkRequestId();
@@ -58,6 +68,15 @@ void RuntimeTarget::installNetworkReporterAPI() {
         auto stackTrace = self.delegate_.captureStackTrace(runtime);
         auto cdpStackTrace = self.delegate_.serializeStackTrace(*stackTrace);
         if (cdpStackTrace) {
+          if (framesToSkip > 0) {
+            if (auto* callFrames = cdpStackTrace->get_ptr("callFrames");
+                callFrames != nullptr && callFrames->isArray()) {
+              callFrames->erase(
+                  callFrames->begin(),
+                  callFrames->begin() +
+                      std::min(framesToSkip, callFrames->size()));
+            }
+          }
           NetworkHandler::getInstance().recordRequestInitiatorStack(
               *devToolsRequestId, std::move(*cdpStackTrace));
         }
@@ -81,7 +100,7 @@ void RuntimeTarget::installNetworkReporterAPI() {
         Function::createFromHostFunction(
             runtime,
             PropNameID::forAscii(runtime, "createDevToolsRequestId"),
-            0,
+            1,
             jsiCreateDevToolsRequestId));
     networkReporterApi = objectFreeze(runtime, std::move(networkReporterApi));
     globalObj.setProperty(runtime, "__NETWORK_REPORTER__", networkReporterApi);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
index 5313ba29a2bd..bed7200087fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
@@ -625,6 +625,75 @@ TEST_P(NetworkReporterTest, testWebSocketCreatedWithInitiator) {
                                 })");
 }
 
+TEST_P(NetworkReporterTest, testWebSocketCreatedWithInitiatorFramesToSkip) {
+  InSequence s;
+
+  this->expectMessageFromPage(JsonEq(R"({
+                                          "id": 0,
+                                          "result": {}
+                                      })"));
+  this->toPage_->sendMessage(R"({
+                                  "id": 0,
+                                  "method": "Debugger.enable"
+                              })");
+
+  this->expectMessageFromPage(JsonEq(R"({
+                                          "id": 1,
+                                          "result": {}
+                                        })"));
+  this->toPage_->sendMessage(R"({
+                                  "id": 1,
+                                  "method": "Network.enable"
+                                })");
+
+  auto& runtime = engineAdapter_->getRuntime();
+
+  // `apiShim` stands in for an API implementation (such as the `WebSocket`
+  // constructor) that asks for its own frame to be omitted.
+  auto requestId = this->eval(R"( // line 0
+    function apiShim() { // line 1
+      return globalThis.__NETWORK_REPORTER__.createDevToolsRequestId(1); // line 2
+    } // line 3
+    function openSocket() { // line 4
+      return apiShim(); // line 5
+    } // line 6
+    openSocket(); // line 7
+
+    //# sourceURL=webSocketInitiatorFramesToSkipTest.js
+  )")
+                       .asString(runtime)
+                       .utf8(runtime);
+
+  this->expectMessageFromPage(JsonParsed(AllOf(
+      AtJsonPtr("/method", "Network.webSocketCreated"),
+      AtJsonPtr("/params/requestId", requestId),
+      AtJsonPtr("/params/url", "wss://example.com/frames-to-skip"),
+      AtJsonPtr("/params/initiator/type", "script"),
+      AtJsonPtr(
+          "/params/initiator/stack/callFrames",
+          AllOf(
+              Each(AtJsonPtr("/url", "webSocketInitiatorFramesToSkipTest.js")),
+              ElementsAre(
+                  AllOf(
+                      AtJsonPtr("/functionName", "openSocket"),
+                      AtJsonPtr("/lineNumber", 5)),
+                  AllOf(
+                      AtJsonPtr("/functionName", "global"),
+                      AtJsonPtr("/lineNumber", 7))))))));
+
+  NetworkReporter::getInstance().reportWebSocketCreated(
+      requestId, "wss://example.com/frames-to-skip");
+
+  this->expectMessageFromPage(JsonEq(R"({
+                                          "id": 2,
+                                          "result": {}
+                                        })"));
+  this->toPage_->sendMessage(R"({
+                                  "id": 2,
+                                  "method": "Network.disable"
+                                })");
+}
+
 TEST_P(NetworkReporterTest, testNetworkEventsWhenDisabled) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(NetworkReporter::getInstance().isDebuggingEnabled());