diff --git a/src/forms.ts b/src/forms.ts
index c5bf49972a..863af198bf 100644
--- a/src/forms.ts
+++ b/src/forms.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class Forms {
       });
 
       document.querySelectorAll('.materialize-textarea').forEach((textArea: HTMLTextAreaElement) => {
-          Forms.textareaAutoResize(textArea);
+          Forms.InitTextarea(textArea);
       });
 
       // File Input Path
diff --git a/tests/spec/forms/formsSpec.js b/tests/spec/forms/formsSpec.js
index b8e7009f5b..76b1856734 100644
--- a/tests/spec/forms/formsSpec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/forms/formsSpec.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const MULTILINE_TEXT = 'This is line 1.\nThis is line 2.\nThis is line 3.\nThis is line 4.\nThis is line 5.\nAnd this is line 6.';
+
 describe('Forms:', function () {
   beforeEach(async function () {
     await XloadFixtures(['forms/formsFixture.html']);
@@ -46,6 +48,26 @@ describe('Forms:', function () {
       M.Forms.textareaAutoResize(el);
       expect(el.clientHeight).toBeGreaterThan(pHeight);
     });
+
+    it('Programmatically initialized textarea resize', () => {
+      const element = document.querySelector('#textarea');
+      M.Forms.InitTextarea(element);
+      const textareaHeight = element.clientHeight;
+      element.value = MULTILINE_TEXT;
+      keydown(element, 13);
+      expect(element.clientHeight).toBeGreaterThan(textareaHeight);
+    });
+
+    it('Automatically initialized textarea resize', () => {
+      const event = new Event('DOMContentLoaded');
+      document.dispatchEvent(event);
+
+      const element = document.querySelector('#textarea');
+      const textareaHeight = element.clientHeight;
+      element.value = MULTILINE_TEXT;
+      keydown(element, 13);
+      expect(element.clientHeight).toBeGreaterThan(textareaHeight);
+    });
   });
 
   // No active class added, because it is now a css feature only