diff --git a/packages/table/src/table.tsx b/packages/table/src/table.tsx
index 957dc5f9367..f5ce14060a6 100644
--- a/packages/table/src/table.tsx
+++ b/packages/table/src/table.tsx
@@ -710,6 +710,15 @@ export class Table extends AbstractComponent<ITableProps, ITableState> {
         newRowHeights = Utils.arrayOfLength(newRowHeights, numRows, defaultRowHeight);
         newRowHeights = Utils.assignSparseValues(newRowHeights, rowHeights);
 
+        if (
+            !CoreUtils.arraysEqual(newColumnWidths, this.state.columnWidths) ||
+            !CoreUtils.arraysEqual(newRowHeights, this.state.rowHeights)
+        ) {
+            // grid invalidation is required after changing this flag,
+            // which happens at the end of this method.
+            this.didUpdateColumnOrRowSizes = true;
+        }
+
         let newSelectedRegions = selectedRegions;
         if (selectedRegions == null) {
             // if we're in uncontrolled mode, filter out all selected regions that don't