diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/textarea-content.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/textarea-content.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5ad26030f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/textarea-content.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Viewport <#document> at (0,0) content-size 800x600 children: not-inline
+  BlockContainer <html> at (0,0) content-size 800x56.9375 [BFC] children: not-inline
+    BlockContainer <body> at (8,8) content-size 784x40.9375 children: inline
+      line 0 width: 403.75, height: 40.9375, bottom: 40.9375, baseline: 13.53125
+        frag 0 from BlockContainer start: 0, length: 0, rect: [11,11 191.875x34.9375]
+        frag 1 from TextNode start: 0, length: 1, rect: [206,8 8x17.46875]
+          " "
+        frag 2 from BlockContainer start: 0, length: 0, rect: [217,11 191.875x34.9375]
+      TextNode <#text>
+      BlockContainer <textarea> at (11,11) content-size 191.875x34.9375 inline-block [BFC] children: not-inline
+        BlockContainer <div> at (11,11) content-size 191.875x17.46875 children: not-inline
+          BlockContainer <div> at (11,11) content-size 191.875x17.46875 children: inline
+            line 0 width: 152.203125, height: 17.46875, bottom: 17.46875, baseline: 13.53125
+              frag 0 from TextNode start: 0, length: 17, rect: [11,11 152.203125x17.46875]
+                "Bonjour mon amis!"
+            TextNode <#text>
+      TextNode <#text>
+      BlockContainer <textarea> at (217,11) content-size 191.875x34.9375 inline-block [BFC] children: not-inline
+        BlockContainer <div> at (217,11) content-size 191.875x17.46875 children: not-inline
+          BlockContainer <div> at (217,11) content-size 191.875x17.46875 children: inline
+            line 0 width: 142.140625, height: 17.46875, bottom: 17.46875, baseline: 13.53125
+              frag 0 from TextNode start: 0, length: 19, rect: [217,11 142.140625x17.46875]
+                "Well hello friends!"
+            TextNode <#text>
+      TextNode <#text>
+
+ViewportPaintable (Viewport<#document>) [0,0 800x600]
+  PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<HTML>) [0,0 800x56.9375]
+    PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<BODY>) [8,8 784x40.9375]
+      PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<TEXTAREA>) [8,8 197.875x40.9375]
+        PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<DIV>) [11,11 191.875x17.46875]
+          PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<DIV>) [11,11 191.875x17.46875]
+            TextPaintable (TextNode<#text>)
+      TextPaintable (TextNode<#text>)
+      PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<TEXTAREA>) [214,8 197.875x40.9375]
+        PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<DIV>) [217,11 191.875x17.46875]
+          PaintableWithLines (BlockContainer<DIV>) [217,11 191.875x17.46875]
+            TextPaintable (TextNode<#text>)
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/textarea-content.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/textarea-content.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daaf12f8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/textarea-content.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<body>
+<textarea>Bonjour mon amis!</textarea>
+<script>
+    const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+    textarea.innerText = "Well hello friends!";
+    document.body.appendChild(textarea);
+</script>
+</body>
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTextAreaElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTextAreaElement.cpp
index af348fdf95..8e813be978 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTextAreaElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTextAreaElement.cpp
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ void HTMLTextAreaElement::create_shadow_tree_if_needed()
 
     m_inner_text_element = MUST(DOM::create_element(document(), HTML::TagNames::div, Namespace::HTML));
 
-    // NOTE: The text content of the <textarea> element is not available to us yet.
-    //       It gets filled in by `children_changed()`.
     m_text_node = heap().allocate<DOM::Text>(realm(), document(), String {});
     m_text_node->set_always_editable(true);
     m_text_node->set_editable_text_node_owner(Badge<HTMLTextAreaElement> {}, *this);
+    // NOTE: If `children_changed()` was called before now, `m_raw_value` will hold the text content.
+    //       Otherwise, it will get filled in whenever that does get called.
+    m_text_node->set_text_content(m_raw_value);
 
     MUST(m_inner_text_element->append_child(*m_text_node));
     MUST(element->append_child(*m_inner_text_element));
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ void HTMLTextAreaElement::children_changed()
     // set the element's raw value to its child text content.
     if (!m_dirty) {
         m_raw_value = child_text_content();
-        m_text_node->set_text_content(m_raw_value);
+        if (m_text_node)
+            m_text_node->set_text_content(m_raw_value);
     }
 }
 
