+
diff --git a/src/material/form-field/form-field-animations.ts b/src/material/form-field/form-field-animations.ts
index 51fb83fdebca..5e2fc96d9f94 100644
--- a/src/material/form-field/form-field-animations.ts
+++ b/src/material/form-field/form-field-animations.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const matFormFieldAnimations: {
// TODO(mmalerba): Use angular animations for label animation as well.
state('enter', style({ opacity: 1, transform: 'translateY(0%)' })),
transition('void => enter', [
- style({ opacity: 0, transform: 'translateY(-100%)' }),
+ style({ opacity: 0, transform: 'translateY(-5px)' }),
animate('300ms cubic-bezier(0.55, 0, 0.55, 0.2)'),
]),
])