diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
index f44c8a80..e44229fb 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.textinput.js
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ $.widget( "mobile.textinput", $.mobile.widget, {
 				keyupTimeout = setTimeout( keyup, keyupTimeoutBuffer );
 			});
 
+			// binding to pagechange here ensures that for pages loaded via
+			// ajax the height is recalculated without user input
+			$( document ).one( "pagechange", keyup );
+
 			// Issue 509: the browser is not providing scrollHeight properly until the styles load
 			if ( $.trim( input.val() ) ) {
 				// bind to the window load to make sure the height is calculated based on BOTH
 				// the DOM and CSS
 				$( window ).load( keyup );
-
-				// binding to pagechange here ensures that for pages loaded via
-				// ajax the height is recalculated without user input
-				$( document ).one( "pagechange", keyup );
 			}
 		}
 	},