diff --git a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
index 3e788b8b..19a13bbd 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ - (void)pluginInitialize
 
     setting  = @"StatusBarDefaultScrollToTop";
     if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
-        self.webView.scrollView.scrollsToTop = [(NSNumber*)[self settingForKey:setting] boolValue];
+        [self webViewScrollView].scrollsToTop = [(NSNumber*)[self settingForKey:setting] boolValue];
     } else {
-        self.webView.scrollView.scrollsToTop = NO;
+        [self webViewScrollView].scrollsToTop = NO;
     }
  
     // blank scroll view to intercept status bar taps
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ - (void) dealloc
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]removeObserver:self name:UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarOrientationNotification object:nil];
 }
 
+- (UIScrollView *)webViewScrollView
+{
+    SEL scrollViewSelector = NSSelectorFromString(@"scrollView");
+
+    if ([self.webView respondsToSelector:scrollViewSelector]) {
+        return ((id (*)(id, SEL))objc_msgSend)(self.webView, scrollViewSelector);
+    }
+
+    return nil;
+}
+
 
 #pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate