diff --git a/src/components/tabs/tab.ts b/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
index 6a64fb9f1..48b8a3dcb 100644
--- a/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class CoreTabComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
         // Setup tab scrolling.
         setTimeout(() => {
-            // Workarround to solve undefined this.scroll on tab change.
+            // Workaround to solve undefined this.scroll on tab change.
             const scroll: HTMLElement = this.content ? this.content.getScrollElement() :
                 this.element.querySelector('ion-content > .scroll-content');
 
diff --git a/src/components/tabs/tabs.ts b/src/components/tabs/tabs.ts
index 7d8944949..5d457bfd8 100644
--- a/src/components/tabs/tabs.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabs/tabs.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ export class CoreTabsComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges, OnDe
             this.originalTabsContainer.style.transform = 'translateY(-' + scroll + 'px)';
             this.originalTabsContainer.style.paddingBottom = this.tabBarHeight - scroll + 'px';
         }
-        this.lastScroll = parseInt(scrollElement.scrollTop, 10);
+        this.lastScroll = scroll;
     }
 
     /**