diff --git a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/src/TextArea.tsx b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/src/TextArea.tsx
index 007c0c0b4a2..eebe3582afe 100644
--- a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/src/TextArea.tsx
+++ b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/src/TextArea.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import {chain} from '@react-aria/utils';
-import React, {RefObject, useRef} from 'react';
+import React, {RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef} from 'react';
 import {SpectrumTextFieldProps, TextFieldRef} from '@react-types/textfield';
 import {TextFieldBase} from './TextFieldBase';
 import {useProviderProps} from '@react-spectrum/provider';
@@ -30,13 +30,25 @@ function TextArea(props: SpectrumTextFieldProps, ref: RefObject<TextFieldRef>) {
 
   let inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement & HTMLTextAreaElement>();
 
-  let onHeightChange = () => {
+  let onHeightChange = useCallback(() => {
     if (isQuiet) {
       let input = inputRef.current;
       input.style.height = 'auto';
       input.style.height = `${input.scrollHeight}px`;
     }
-  };
+  }, [isQuiet, inputRef]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (inputRef.current) {
+      // if no value or defaultValue is passed
+      // no need to call onHeightChange
+      if (!inputRef.current.value) {
+        return;
+      }
+      onHeightChange();
+    }
+  }, [onHeightChange]);
+
 
   let {labelProps, inputProps} = useTextField({
     ...props,
diff --git a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/stories/TextArea.stories.js b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/stories/TextArea.stories.js
index 4d830dbf332..61991812e0b 100644
--- a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/stories/TextArea.stories.js
+++ b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/stories/TextArea.stories.js
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ storiesOf('TextArea', module)
     'isQuiet: true',
     () => render({isQuiet: true})
   )
+  .add(
+    'isQuiet, defaultValue',
+    () => render({isQuiet: true, defaultValue: 'foo  '.repeat(10)})
+  )
+  .add(
+    'isQuiet, value',
+    () => render({isQuiet: true, value: 'foo  '.repeat(10)})
+  )
   .add(
     'isDisabled: true',
     () => render({isDisabled: true})
diff --git a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/test/TextArea.test.js b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/test/TextArea.test.js
index a2a44ca20ad..97151056c04 100644
--- a/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/test/TextArea.test.js
+++ b/packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/test/TextArea.test.js
@@ -54,4 +54,15 @@ describe('TextArea', () => {
     fireEvent.change(input, {target: {value: '15', style: {}}});
     expect(input.style.height).toBe(`${mockScrollHeight}px`);
   });
+
+  it.each`
+    Name                               | Component        | props
+    ${'v3 TextArea (controlled)'}      | ${TextArea}      | ${{isQuiet: true, onChange, value: 'foo'}}
+    ${'v3 TextArea (uncontrolled)'}    | ${TextArea}      | ${{isQuiet: true, onChange, defaultValue: 'foo'}}
+  `('$Name quiet variant automatically adjusts its vertical height on mount', ({Component, props}) => {
+    let tree = renderComponent(Component, props);
+    let input = tree.getByTestId(testId);
+
+    expect(input.style.height).toBe(`${mockScrollHeight}px`);
+  });
 });