diff --git a/ionic/components/content/content.ts b/ionic/components/content/content.ts
index e2ec5ed714..e265016a47 100644
--- a/ionic/components/content/content.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/content/content.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
     super.onInit();
     this.scrollElement = this.getNativeElement().children[0];
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      this._zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+    this._zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
         if(!this.featureDetect.has('sticky')) {
           this._sticky = StickyPoly(this.scrollElement);
         }
       });
-    })
+    });
   }
 
   /**