diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index f7eba77b7..ef2a7673c 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
     return unless onDom
     return if @attached
     @attached = true
+    @component.pollDOM()
     @focus() if @focusOnAttach
     @trigger 'editor:attached', [this]