diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
index 100f1d6989..d83dff1b20 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
     MacPostControlCreate(pos,size) ;
 
+    // only now the embedding is correct and we can do a positioning update
+
+    MacSuperChangedPosition() ;
+
     if ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_READONLY)
     {
         SetEditable( false ) ;