diff --git a/src/components/dialog/Dialog.vue b/src/components/dialog/Dialog.vue
index 0f3f6bb0a..b858723b4 100644
--- a/src/components/dialog/Dialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/dialog/Dialog.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-    <transition name="p-dialog" @enter="onEnter" @leave="onLeave" @appear="onEnter">
+    <transition name="p-dialog" @enter="onEnter" @leave="onLeave" @appear="onAppear">
         <div ref="container" :class="containerClass" v-if="visible">
             <div class="p-dialog-titlebar" v-if="showHeader">
                 <slot name="header">
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ export default {
                 this.disableModality();
             }
         },
+        onAppear() {
+            if (this.visible) {
+                this.onEnter();
+            }
+        },
         focus() {
             let focusable = DomHandler.findSingle(this.$refs.container, 'input,button');
             if (focusable) {