diff --git a/src/lines-component.coffee b/src/lines-component.coffee
index e6c0733e1..961c3b983 100644
--- a/src/lines-component.coffee
+++ b/src/lines-component.coffee
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports =
 class LinesComponent
   placeholderTextDiv: null
 
-  constructor: ({@presenter, @hostElement, @useShadowDOM}) ->
+  constructor: ({@presenter, @hostElement, @useShadowDOM, visible}) ->
     @measuredLines = new Set
     @lineNodesByLineId = {}
     @screenRowsByLineId = {}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class LinesComponent
     else
       @overlayManager = new OverlayManager(@domNode)
 
-    @updateSync()
+    @updateSync(visible)
 
   updateSync: (visible) ->
     @newState = @presenter.state.content
diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index 7d38f94fc..69d6800bc 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -116,11 +116,10 @@ TextEditorComponent = React.createClass
 
     @mountGutterComponent() if @gutterVisible
 
-    @linesComponent = new LinesComponent({@presenter, hostElement, useShadowDOM})
     scrollViewNode = @refs.scrollView.getDOMNode()
     horizontalScrollbarNode = @refs.horizontalScrollbar.getDOMNode()
+    @linesComponent = new LinesComponent({@presenter, hostElement, useShadowDOM, visible: @isVisible()})
     scrollViewNode.insertBefore(@linesComponent.domNode, horizontalScrollbarNode)
-    @linesComponent.updateSync(@isVisible())
 
     @observeEditor()
     @listenForDOMEvents()