diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/DefaultHtmlGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/DefaultHtmlGenerator.cs
index 9feec71ef2..f603b2a61f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/DefaultHtmlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/DefaultHtmlGenerator.cs
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
 
             if (columns > 0)
             {
-                tagBuilder.MergeAttribute("columns", columns.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), true);
+                tagBuilder.MergeAttribute("cols", columns.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), true);
             }
 
             tagBuilder.MergeAttribute("name", fullName, true);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Rendering/HtmlHelperTextAreaExtensionsTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Rendering/HtmlHelperTextAreaExtensionsTest.cs
index 3d8909c705..2f30e0f551 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Rendering/HtmlHelperTextAreaExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Rendering/HtmlHelperTextAreaExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal(
-                "<textarea attr=\"HtmlEncode[[value]]\" columns=\"HtmlEncode[[2]]\" id=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" " +
+                "<textarea attr=\"HtmlEncode[[value]]\" cols=\"HtmlEncode[[2]]\" id=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" " +
                 "name=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" rows=\"HtmlEncode[[1]]\">" + Environment.NewLine +
                 "HtmlEncode[[myvalue]]</textarea>",
                 HtmlContentUtilities.HtmlContentToString(textAreaResult));
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal(
-                "<textarea attr=\"HtmlEncode[[value]]\" columns=\"HtmlEncode[[2]]\" id=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" " +
+                "<textarea attr=\"HtmlEncode[[value]]\" cols=\"HtmlEncode[[2]]\" id=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" " +
                 "name=\"HtmlEncode[[Property1]]\" rows=\"HtmlEncode[[1]]\">" + Environment.NewLine +
                 "</textarea>",
                 HtmlContentUtilities.HtmlContentToString(textAreaForResult));