diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js.es6
index 24aedcae1ed..92b2ef6e959 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js.es6
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@
 
       target.value = newText;
       target.selectionStart = target.selectionEnd = selectionStart + text.length;
+
+      // Trigger autosave
+      $(target).trigger('input');
+
+      // Trigger autosize
+      var event = document.createEvent('Event');
+      event.initEvent('autosize:update', true, false);
+      target.dispatchEvent(event);
     };
 
     w.gl.utils.nodeMatchesSelector = (node, selector) => {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_issuable.js b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_issuable.js
index 6603b9679b9..97fa68c8437 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_issuable.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts_issuable.js
@@ -61,8 +61,15 @@
       replyField.val(function(_, current) {
         return current + separator + quote.join('') + "\n";
       });
-      // Trigger autosave for the added text
+      
+      // Trigger autosave
       replyField.trigger('input');
+
+      // Trigger autosize
+      var event = document.createEvent('Event');
+      event.initEvent('autosize:update', true, false);
+      replyField.get(0).dispatchEvent(event);
+
       // Focus the input field
       return replyField.focus();
     };