diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index ac4232ce..9e6ddf30 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -1090,15 +1090,9 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
             _playerViewController?.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
 
             // Find the nearest view controller
-            var viewController: UIViewController! = self.firstAvailableUIViewController()
-            if viewController == nil {
-                guard let keyWindow = RCTVideoUtils.getCurrentWindow() else { return }
-
-                viewController = keyWindow.rootViewController
-                if !viewController.children.isEmpty {
-                    viewController = viewController.children.last
-                }
-            }
+            var viewController: UIViewController! = RCTPresentedViewController() ?? RCTKeyWindow()?.rootViewController
+            guard viewController != nil else { return }
+            while let presented = viewController.presentedViewController { viewController = presented }
             if viewController != nil {
                 _presentingViewController = viewController