diff --git a/packages/field/src/InteractionStateMixin.js b/packages/field/src/InteractionStateMixin.js
index 945ab2d88..629c23453 100644
--- a/packages/field/src/InteractionStateMixin.js
+++ b/packages/field/src/InteractionStateMixin.js
@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ export const InteractionStateMixin = dedupeMixin(
             type: Boolean,
             reflect: true,
           },
-
           /**
-           * True when user has typed in something in the input field.
+           * True when user has changed the value of the field.
            */
           dirty: {
             type: Boolean,
             reflect: true,
           },
-
           /**
            * True when user has left non-empty field or input is prefilled.
            * The name must be seen from the point of view of the input field:
@@ -112,9 +110,8 @@ export const InteractionStateMixin = dedupeMixin(
        * Since this method will be called twice in last mentioned scenario, it must stay idempotent.
        */
       initInteractionState() {
-        if (this.constructor._isPrefilled(this.modelValue)) {
-          this.prefilled = true;
-        }
+        this.dirty = false;
+        this.prefilled = this.constructor._isPrefilled(this.modelValue);
       }
 
       /**
diff --git a/packages/field/test-suites/InteractionStateMixin.suite.js b/packages/field/test-suites/InteractionStateMixin.suite.js
index 10c0b3f77..e60f8efa1 100644
--- a/packages/field/test-suites/InteractionStateMixin.suite.js
+++ b/packages/field/test-suites/InteractionStateMixin.suite.js
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ export function runInteractionStateMixinSuite(customConfig) {
   const cfg = {
     tagString: null,
     allowedModelValueTypes: [Array, Object, Number, Boolean, String, Date],
-    suffix: '',
     ...customConfig,
   };
 
-  describe(`InteractionStateMixin ${cfg.suffix ? `(${cfg.suffix})` : ''}`, async () => {
+  describe(`InteractionStateMixin`, async () => {
     let tag;
     before(() => {
       if (!cfg.tagString) {
@@ -174,6 +173,18 @@ export function runInteractionStateMixinSuite(customConfig) {
       expect(el.prefilled).to.be.true;
     });
 
+    it('has a method initInteractionState()', async () => {
+      const el = await fixture(html`<${tag}></${tag}>`);
+      el.modelValue = 'Some value';
+      expect(el.dirty).to.be.true;
+      expect(el.touched).to.be.false;
+      expect(el.prefilled).to.be.false;
+      el.initInteractionState();
+      expect(el.dirty).to.be.false;
+      expect(el.touched).to.be.false;
+      expect(el.prefilled).to.be.true;
+    });
+
     describe('SubClassers', () => {
       it('can override the `_leaveEvent`', async () => {
         const tagLeaveString = defineCE(