diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
index f69c47f163..85df92e8bf 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 		trimmed.every((node) => node.type === 'Text' || !node.metadata.expression.has_state) &&
 		trimmed.some((node) => node.type === 'ExpressionTag');
 
-	if (states_and_calls && states_and_calls.states === 0) {
+	if (use_text_content) {
 		child_state.init.push(
 			b.stmt(
 				b.assignment(
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
index 0048b18f6d..59beacbb0c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export function build_template_chunk(values, visit, state) {
 	let quasi = b.quasi('');
 	const quasis = [quasi];
 
-
 	let has_call = false;
 	let has_state = false;
 	let contains_multiple_call_expression = false;