diff --git a/src/material/form-field/form-field.ts b/src/material/form-field/form-field.ts
index 241d22409a60..cc16af869f0c 100644
--- a/src/material/form-field/form-field.ts
+++ b/src/material/form-field/form-field.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 import {_IdGenerator} from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
-import {Directionality} from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
+import {Direction, Directionality} from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
 import {BooleanInput, coerceBooleanProperty} from '@angular/cdk/coercion';
 import {Platform} from '@angular/cdk/platform';
 import {NgTemplateOutlet} from '@angular/common';
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   afterRenderEffect,
   computed,
   contentChild,
+  effect,
   inject,
   signal,
   viewChild,
@@ -190,13 +191,13 @@ export class MatFormField
 {
   _elementRef = inject(ElementRef);
   private _changeDetectorRef = inject(ChangeDetectorRef);
-  private _dir = inject(Directionality);
   private _platform = inject(Platform);
   private _idGenerator = inject(_IdGenerator);
   private _ngZone = inject(NgZone);
   private _defaults = inject<MatFormFieldDefaultOptions>(MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS, {
     optional: true,
   });
+  private _currentDirection: Direction;
 
   @ViewChild('textField') _textField: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;
   @ViewChild('iconPrefixContainer') _iconPrefixContainer: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ export class MatFormField
 
   constructor() {
     const defaults = this._defaults;
+    const dir = inject(Directionality);
 
     if (defaults) {
       if (defaults.appearance) {
@@ -357,6 +359,10 @@ export class MatFormField
       }
     }
 
+    // We need this value inside a `afterRenderEffect`, however at the time of writing, reading the
+    // signal directly causes a memory leak (see https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/62980).
+    // TODO(crisbeto): clean this up once the framework issue is resolved.
+    effect(() => (this._currentDirection = dir.valueSignal()));
     this._syncOutlineLabelOffset();
   }
 
@@ -752,7 +758,6 @@ export class MatFormField
    * incorporate the horizontal offset into their default text-field styles.
    */
   private _getOutlinedLabelOffset(): OutlinedLabelStyles {
-    const dir = this._dir.valueSignal();
     if (!this._hasOutline() || !this._floatingLabel) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -776,7 +781,7 @@ export class MatFormField
     const textSuffixContainerWidth = textSuffixContainer?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0;
     // If the directionality is RTL, the x-axis transform needs to be inverted. This
     // is because `transformX` does not change based on the page directionality.
-    const negate = dir === 'rtl' ? '-1' : '1';
+    const negate = this._currentDirection === 'rtl' ? '-1' : '1';
     const prefixWidth = `${iconPrefixContainerWidth + textPrefixContainerWidth}px`;
     const labelOffset = `var(--mat-mdc-form-field-label-offset-x, 0px)`;
     const labelHorizontalOffset = `calc(${negate} * (${prefixWidth} + ${labelOffset}))`;