diff --git a/src/ios/CDVViewController+SplashScreen.m b/src/ios/CDVViewController+SplashScreen.m
index 5736b6f..e483def 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVViewController+SplashScreen.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVViewController+SplashScreen.m
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 - (BOOL)enabledAutorotation
 {
     NSNumber *number =  (NSNumber *)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(enabledAutorotation));
+
+    // Defaulting to YES to correspond parent CDVViewController behavior
+    if (number == nil)
+    {
+        return YES;
+    }
+
     return [number boolValue];
 }