diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.dialog.js b/ui/jquery.ui.dialog.js
index 4e164dbe8a4..6e538b6e58a 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.dialog.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.dialog.js
@@ -622,8 +622,11 @@ $.widget("ui.dialog", {
 
 		// reset content sizing
 		// hide for non content measurement because height: 0 doesn't work in IE quirks mode (see #4350)
-		this.element.css('width', 'auto')
-			.height(0);
+		this.element.css({
+			width: 'auto',
+			minHeight: 0,
+			height: 0
+		});
 
 		// reset wrapper sizing
 		// determine the height of all the non-content elements