diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
index 035db7977f..4d3c7c3ef9 100755
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitRenderer.mm
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static NSCharacterSet *_defaultAvoidTruncationCharacterSet()
     }];
   }
   
-  [self truncater];
+  [[self truncater] truncate];
   
   // Force glyph generation and layout, which may not have happened yet (and isn't triggered by
   // -usedRectForTextContainer:).
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTailTruncater.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTailTruncater.mm
index d48013a772..7f77c3d76a 100755
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTailTruncater.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTailTruncater.mm
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
     _context = context;
     _truncationAttributedString = truncationAttributedString;
     _avoidTailTruncationSet = avoidTailTruncationSet;
-
-    [self _truncate];
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-- (void)_truncate
+- (void)truncate
 {
   [_context performBlockWithLockedTextKitComponents:^(NSLayoutManager *layoutManager, NSTextStorage *textStorage, NSTextContainer *textContainer) {
     NSUInteger originalStringLength = textStorage.length;
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTruncating.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTruncating.h
index 946c378f36..91f79c0740 100755
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTruncating.h
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/TextKit/ASTextKitTruncating.h
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@
      truncationAttributedString:(NSAttributedString *)truncationAttributedString
          avoidTailTruncationSet:(NSCharacterSet *)avoidTailTruncationSet;
 
+/**
+ *  Actually do the truncation.
+ */
+- (void)truncate;
+
 @end
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextKitTruncationTests.mm b/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextKitTruncationTests.mm
index d82ae0fd2d..dab6b240e7 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextKitTruncationTests.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKitTests/ASTextKitTruncationTests.mm
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   ASTextKitTailTruncater *tailTruncater = [[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
                                                                truncationAttributedString:nil
                                                                    avoidTailTruncationSet:nil];
+  [tailTruncater truncate];
   XCTAssert(NSEqualRanges(textKitVisibleRange, tailTruncater.visibleRanges[0]));
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
   ASTextKitTailTruncater *tailTruncater = [[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
                                                                truncationAttributedString:[self _simpleTruncationAttributedString]
                                                                    avoidTailTruncationSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@""]];
+  [tailTruncater truncate];
   __block NSString *drawnString;
   [context performBlockWithLockedTextKitComponents:^(NSLayoutManager *layoutManager, NSTextStorage *textStorage, NSTextContainer *textContainer) {
     drawnString = textStorage.string;
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
   ASTextKitTailTruncater *tailTruncater = [[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
                                                                truncationAttributedString:[self _simpleTruncationAttributedString]
                                                                    avoidTailTruncationSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"."]];
-  (void)tailTruncater;
+  [tailTruncater truncate];
   __block NSString *drawnString;
   [context performBlockWithLockedTextKitComponents:^(NSLayoutManager *layoutManager, NSTextStorage *textStorage, NSTextContainer *textContainer) {
     drawnString = textStorage.string;
@@ -120,8 +122,7 @@
   ASTextKitTailTruncater *tailTruncater = [[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
                                                                truncationAttributedString:[self _simpleTruncationAttributedString]
                                                                    avoidTailTruncationSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"."]];
-  // So Xcode doesn't yell at me for an unused var...
-  (void)tailTruncater;
+  [tailTruncater truncate];
   __block NSString *drawnString;
   [context performBlockWithLockedTextKitComponents:^(NSLayoutManager *layoutManager, NSTextStorage *textStorage, NSTextContainer *textContainer) {
     drawnString = textStorage.string;
@@ -144,9 +145,9 @@
                                                            layoutManagerDelegate:nil
                                                         textStorageCreationBlock:nil];
 
-  XCTAssertNoThrow([[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
+  XCTAssertNoThrow([[[ASTextKitTailTruncater alloc] initWithContext:context
                                         truncationAttributedString:[self _simpleTruncationAttributedString]
-                                            avoidTailTruncationSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"."]]);
+                                            avoidTailTruncationSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"."]] truncate]);
 }
 
 @end