diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
index a65bd626..7ec9a423 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
@@ -149,20 +149,18 @@ struct MainComposeWrappedTextView: UIViewRepresentable {
         context.coordinator.didChange = textDidChange
         context.coordinator.uiState = uiState
         
-        if becomeFirstResponder {
-            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+        // wait until the next runloop iteration so that SwiftUI view updates have finished and
+        // the text view knows its new content size
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            self.textDidChange(uiView)
+            
+            if becomeFirstResponder {
                 // calling becomeFirstResponder during the SwiftUI update causes a crash on iOS 13
                 uiView.becomeFirstResponder()
                 // can't update @State vars during the SwiftUI update
                 becomeFirstResponder = false
             }
         }
-        
-        // wait until the next runloop iteration so that SwiftUI view updates have finished and
-        // the text view knows its new content size
-        DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            self.textDidChange(uiView)
-        }
     }
     
     func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {