diff --git a/src/components/input/input-base.ts b/src/components/input/input-base.ts
index 8cc039bd558..f9c80914527 100644
--- a/src/components/input/input-base.ts
+++ b/src/components/input/input-base.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class InputBase extends Ion {
     nav: NavController,
     ngControl: NgControl
   ) {
-    super(config, elementRef, renderer);
+    super(config, elementRef, renderer, 'input');
 
     this._nav = <NavControllerBase>nav;
     this._useAssist = config.getBoolean('scrollAssist', false);
diff --git a/src/components/input/input.ts b/src/components/input/input.ts
index 24870711b1a..95ace7a45cd 100644
--- a/src/components/input/input.ts
+++ b/src/components/input/input.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class TextInput extends InputBase {
    */
   @Input()
   set mode(val: string) {
-    this._setMode('input', val);
+    this._setMode(val);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export class TextArea extends InputBase {
    */
   @Input()
   set mode(val: string) {
-    this._setMode('input', val);
+    this._setMode(val);
   }
 
   /**