diff --git a/spec/text-editor-presenter-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-presenter-spec.coffee
index 4bc787a7e..380f1a5fc 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-presenter-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-presenter-spec.coffee
@@ -782,6 +782,11 @@ describe "TextEditorPresenter", ->
           getState(presenter) # commits scroll position
           expect(editor.getFirstVisibleScreenRow()).toBe 6
 
+        it "updates when the model's scroll position is changed directly", ->
+          presenter = buildPresenter(scrollTop: 0, explicitHeight: 20, horizontalScrollbarHeight: 10, lineHeight: 10)
+          expectStateUpdate presenter, -> editor.setFirstVisibleScreenRow(1)
+          expect(getState(presenter).content.scrollTop).toBe 10
+
         it "reassigns the scrollTop if it exceeds the max possible value after lines are removed", ->
           presenter = buildPresenter(scrollTop: 80, lineHeight: 10, explicitHeight: 50, horizontalScrollbarHeight: 0)
           expect(getState(presenter).content.scrollTop).toBe(80)
diff --git a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
index 0fd2fc061..1912f4c2e 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ class TextEditorPresenter
     @emitDidUpdateState()
 
   didChangeFirstVisibleScreenRow: (screenRow) ->
-    @updateScrollTop(screenRow * @lineHeight)
+    @setScrollTop(screenRow * @lineHeight)
 
   getVerticalScrollMarginInPixels: ->
     Math.round(@model.getVerticalScrollMargin() * @lineHeight)