diff --git a/cpp/open3d/t/geometry/TriangleMesh.cpp b/cpp/open3d/t/geometry/TriangleMesh.cpp
index 9a05ae64924..3c1766e3b65 100644
--- a/cpp/open3d/t/geometry/TriangleMesh.cpp
+++ b/cpp/open3d/t/geometry/TriangleMesh.cpp
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ double TriangleMesh::GetSurfaceArea() const {
 
     if (IsCPU()) {
         kernel::trianglemesh::ComputeTriangleAreasCPU(
-                GetVertexPositions(), GetTriangleIndices(), triangle_areas);
+                GetVertexPositions().Contiguous(), GetTriangleIndices().Contiguous(), triangle_areas);
     } else if (IsCUDA()) {
         CUDA_CALL(kernel::trianglemesh::ComputeTriangleAreasCUDA,
-                  GetVertexPositions(), GetTriangleIndices(), triangle_areas);
+                  GetVertexPositions().Contiguous(), GetTriangleIndices().Contiguous(), triangle_areas);
     } else {
         utility::LogError("Unimplemented device");
     }
diff --git a/python/test/t/geometry/test_trianglemesh.py b/python/test/t/geometry/test_trianglemesh.py
index 843184dd3e6..270bfb3dc9f 100644
--- a/python/test/t/geometry/test_trianglemesh.py
+++ b/python/test/t/geometry/test_trianglemesh.py
@@ -417,3 +417,22 @@ def test_pickle(device):
                                 mesh.vertex.positions.cpu().numpy())
         np.testing.assert_equal(mesh_load.triangle.indices.cpu().numpy(),
                                 mesh.triangle.indices.cpu().numpy())
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("device", list_devices())
+def test_get_surface_area(device):
+    # Test with custom parameters.
+    cube = o3d.t.geometry.TriangleMesh.create_box(
+        float_dtype=o3c.float64, int_dtype=o3c.int32, device=device)
+    np.testing.assert_equal(cube.get_surface_area(), 6)
+
+    empty = o3d.t.geometry.TriangleMesh(device=device)
+    empty.get_surface_area()
+    np.testing.assert_equal(empty.get_surface_area(), 0)
+
+    # test noncontiguous    
+    sphere =o3d.t.geometry.TriangleMesh.create_sphere(device=device)
+    area1 = sphere.get_surface_area()
+    sphere.vertex.positions = sphere.vertex.positions.T().contiguous().T()
+    sphere.triangle.indices = sphere.triangle.indices.T().contiguous().T()
+    area2 = sphere.get_surface_area()
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(area1, area2)
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