diff --git a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
index 059fcde..4169b6e 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
@@ -440,11 +440,11 @@
     // Also - this is required for the PDF/User-Agent bug work-around.
     self.inAppBrowserViewController = nil;
 
-    _previousStatusBarStyle = -1;
-
     if (IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"7.0")) {
         [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:_previousStatusBarStyle];
     }
+
+    _previousStatusBarStyle = -1; // this value was reset before reapplying it. caused statusbar to stay black on ios7
 }
 
 @end