diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index f66159a01..737e33ed9 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     if @cursors.length is 0 and not suppressCursorCreation
       initialLine = Math.max(parseInt(initialLine) or 0, 0)
       initialColumn = Math.max(parseInt(initialColumn) or 0, 0)
-      @addCursorAtBufferPosition([initialLine, initialColumn], {suppressLayerUpdateEvent: true})
+      @addCursorAtBufferPosition([initialLine, initialColumn])
 
     @languageMode = new LanguageMode(this)