diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
index a497e02136..f67fd13b2d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
@@ -321,21 +321,25 @@ export class HtmlTag {
 
 	constructor(anchor: HTMLElement = null) {
 		this.a = anchor;
+		this.e = this.n = null;
 	}
 
 	m(html: string, target: HTMLElement, anchor: HTMLElement = null) {
 		if (!this.e) {
 			this.e = element(target.nodeName as keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap);
 			this.t = target;
+			this.h(html);
 		}
 
-		this.u(html, anchor);
+		this.i(anchor);
 	}
 
-	u(html: string, anchor) {
+	h(html) {
 		this.e.innerHTML = html;
 		this.n = Array.from(this.e.childNodes);
+	}
 
+	i(anchor) {
 		for (let i = 0; i < this.n.length; i += 1) {
 			insert(this.t, this.n[i], anchor);
 		}
@@ -343,7 +347,8 @@ export class HtmlTag {
 
 	p(html: string) {
 		this.d();
-		this.u(html, this.a);
+		this.h(html);
+		this.i(this.a);
 	}
 
 	d() {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js b/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
index 5d88032b87..f4f9df0de9 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function create_each_block(ctx) {
 			t5 = text(" ago:");
 			t6 = space();
 			attr(span, "class", "meta");
-			html_tag = new HtmlTag(raw_value, null);
+			html_tag = new HtmlTag(null);
 			attr(div, "class", "comment");
 		},
 		m(target, anchor) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function create_each_block(ctx) {
 			append(span, t4);
 			append(span, t5);
 			append(div, t6);
-			html_tag.m(div);
+			html_tag.m(raw_value, div);
 		},
 		p(ctx, dirty) {
 			if (dirty & /*comments*/ 1 && t2_value !== (t2_value = /*comment*/ ctx[4].author + "")) set_data(t2, t2_value);