diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/input_decorator.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/input_decorator.dart
index e3945e14ec..c51480ff90 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/input_decorator.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/input_decorator.dart
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ class _RenderDecoration extends RenderBox {
     final List<DiagnosticsNode> value = <DiagnosticsNode>[];
     void add(RenderBox child, String name) {
       if (child != null)
-        value.add(input.toDiagnosticsNode(name: name));
+        value.add(child.toDiagnosticsNode(name: name));
     }
     add(icon, 'icon');
     add(input, 'input');
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/input_decorator_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/input_decorator_test.dart
index d1b0d7156b..3a5e423867 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/input_decorator_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/input_decorator_test.dart
@@ -1049,6 +1049,47 @@ void main() {
     );
   });
 
+  testWidgets('InputDecorator.debugDescribeChildren', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      buildInputDecorator(
+        decoration: const InputDecoration(
+          icon: const Text('icon'),
+          labelText: 'label',
+          hintText: 'hint',
+          prefixText: 'prefix',
+          suffixText: 'suffix',
+          prefixIcon: const Text('prefixIcon'),
+          suffixIcon: const Text('suffixIcon'),
+          helperText: 'helper',
+          counterText: 'counter',
+        ),
+        child: const Text('text'),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    final RenderObject renderer = tester.renderObject(find.byType(InputDecorator));
+    final Iterable<String> nodeNames = renderer.debugDescribeChildren()
+      .map((DiagnosticsNode node) => node.name);
+    expect(nodeNames, unorderedEquals(<String>[
+      'container',
+      'counter',
+      'helperError',
+      'hint',
+      'icon',
+      'input',
+      'label',
+      'prefix',
+      'prefixIcon',
+      'suffix',
+      'suffixIcon',
+    ]));
+
+    final Set<Object> nodeValues = new Set<Object>.from(
+      renderer.debugDescribeChildren().map<Object>((DiagnosticsNode node) => node.value)
+    );
+    expect(nodeValues.length, 11);
+  });
+
   testWidgets('InputDecorator with empty border and label', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/14165
     await tester.pumpWidget(