diff --git a/src/enhanced-textarea.jsx b/src/enhanced-textarea.jsx
index 90e60a430fec9f..7da9a130177af8 100644
--- a/src/enhanced-textarea.jsx
+++ b/src/enhanced-textarea.jsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const styles = {
     // Overflow also needed to here to remove the extra row
     // added to textareas in Firefox.
     overflow: 'hidden',
+    // Visibility needed to hide the extra text area on ipads
+    visibility: 'hidden',
     font: 'inherit',
     padding: 0,
     position: 'absolute',