--- a/dom/html/nsTextEditorState.cpp
+++ b/dom/html/nsTextEditorState.cpp
@@ -2690,16 +2690,21 @@ nsTextEditorState::SetValue(const nsAStr
               domSel->RemoveAllRanges();
             }
 
             plaintextEditor->SetText(newValue);
           }
 
           mTextListener->SetValueChanged(true);
           mTextListener->SettingValue(false);
+
+          if (!notifyValueChanged) {
+            // Listener doesn't update frame, but it is required for placeholder
+            ValueWasChanged(true);
+          }
         }
 
         if (!weakFrame.IsAlive()) {
           // If the frame was destroyed because of a flush somewhere inside
           // InsertText, mBoundFrame here will be false.  But it's also possible
           // for the frame to go away because of another reason (such as deleting
           // the existing selection -- see bug 574558), in which case we don't
           // need to reset the value here.
@@ -2752,22 +2757,22 @@ nsTextEditorState::SetValue(const nsAStr
       // our SelectionProperties dirty to make accessibility tests happy.
       // Probably because they depend on the SetSelectionRange() call we make on
       // our frame in RestoreSelectionState, but I have no idea why they do.
       if (IsSelectionCached()) {
         SelectionProperties& props = GetSelectionProperties();
         props.SetIsDirty();
       }
     }
+
+    // If we've reached the point where the root node has been created, we
+    // can assume that it's safe to notify.
+    ValueWasChanged(!!mRootNode);
   }
 
-  // If we've reached the point where the root node has been created, we
-  // can assume that it's safe to notify.
-  ValueWasChanged(!!mRootNode);
-
   mTextCtrlElement->OnValueChanged(/* aNotify = */ !!mRootNode,
                                    /* aWasInteractiveUserChange = */ false);
 
   return true;
 }
 
 bool
 nsTextEditorState::HasNonEmptyValue()