diff --git a/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m b/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
index b63a8a4c35d..0c25105b77e 100644
--- a/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
+++ b/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ - (void)overrideOptions:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options {
 	[self.options overrideOptions:options];
 }
 
+- (BOOL)extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars {
+    return YES;
+}
+
 - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
 	UIInterfaceOrientationMask interfaceOrientationMask = self.presenter ? [self.presenter getOrientation:[self resolveOptions]] : [[UIApplication sharedApplication] supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow]];
 	return interfaceOrientationMask;
diff --git a/lib/ios/UIViewController+RNNOptions.m b/lib/ios/UIViewController+RNNOptions.m
index 9d1a572b940..f241c60a3b7 100644
--- a/lib/ios/UIViewController+RNNOptions.m
+++ b/lib/ios/UIViewController+RNNOptions.m
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ - (void)setNavigationItemTitle:(NSString *)title {
 
 - (void)setDrawBehindTopBar:(BOOL)drawBehind {
 	if (drawBehind) {
-		[self setExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars:YES];
 		self.edgesForExtendedLayout |= UIRectEdgeTop;
 	} else {
 		self.edgesForExtendedLayout &= ~UIRectEdgeTop;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ - (void)setDrawBehindTopBar:(BOOL)drawBehind {
 
 - (void)setDrawBehindTabBar:(BOOL)drawBehindTabBar {
 	if (drawBehindTabBar) {
-		[self setExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars:YES];
 		self.edgesForExtendedLayout |= UIRectEdgeBottom;
 	} else {
 		self.edgesForExtendedLayout &= ~UIRectEdgeBottom;
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+LayoutProtocolTest.m b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+LayoutProtocolTest.m
index ba3d9bc5f4e..f13b893847d 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+LayoutProtocolTest.m
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+LayoutProtocolTest.m
@@ -108,4 +108,14 @@ - (void)testMergeOptions_mergedIntoCurrentOptions {
 	XCTAssertEqual(uut.resolveOptions.topBar.title.text.get, @"merged");
 }
 
+- (void)testLayout_shouldExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars {
+	UIViewController* component = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil creator:nil options:[[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions] defaultOptions:nil presenter:nil eventEmitter:nil childViewControllers:nil];
+	UINavigationController* stack = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil creator:nil options:[[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions] defaultOptions:nil presenter:nil eventEmitter:nil childViewControllers:nil];
+	UITabBarController* tabBar = [[UITabBarController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil creator:nil options:[[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions] defaultOptions:nil presenter:nil eventEmitter:nil childViewControllers:nil];
+	
+	XCTAssertTrue(component.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars);
+	XCTAssertTrue(stack.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars);
+	XCTAssertTrue(tabBar.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars);
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+RNNOptionsTest.m b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+RNNOptionsTest.m
index df5c7f4cac4..69db4ee4a43 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+RNNOptionsTest.m
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/UIViewController+RNNOptionsTest.m
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ - (void)test_setTabBarItemBadge_shouldResetWhenValueIsNullObject {
     XCTAssertEqual([self.uut tabBarItem].badgeValue, nil);
 }
 
-- (void)testSetDrawBehindTopBarTrue_shouldSetExtendedLayoutTrue {
-    [[self.uut expect] setExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars:YES];
-    [self.uut setDrawBehindTopBar:YES];
-    [self.uut verify];
-}
-
-- (void)testSetDrawBehindTabBarTrue_shouldSetExtendedLayoutTrue {
-    [[self.uut expect] setExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars:YES];
-    [self.uut setDrawBehindTabBar:YES];
-    [self.uut verify];
-}
-
 - (void)testSetDrawBehindTopBarFalse_shouldNotCallExtendedLayout {
     [[self.uut reject] setExtendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars:NO];
     [self.uut setDrawBehindTopBar:NO];