diff --git a/src/ios/CDVSplashScreen.m b/src/ios/CDVSplashScreen.m
index c28ae2f..3c0294b 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVSplashScreen.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVSplashScreen.m
@@ -289,19 +289,28 @@
     } else if (fadeDuration == 0) {
         [self destroyViews];
     } else {
-        [UIView transitionWithView:self.viewController.view
-                          duration:fadeDuration
-                           options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionNone
-                        animations:^(void) {
-                            [_imageView setAlpha:0];
-                            [_activityView setAlpha:0];
-                        }
-                        completion:^(BOOL finished) {
-                            if (finished) {
-                                [self destroyViews];
-                            }
-                        }
-        ];
+      __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+
+      [UIView transitionWithView:self.viewController.view
+                        duration:fadeDuration
+                         options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionNone
+                      animations:^(void) {
+                          __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+                          if (strongSelf != nil) {
+                              dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                                      [strongSelf->_activityView setAlpha:0];
+                                      [strongSelf->_imageView setAlpha:0];
+                              });
+                          }
+                      }
+                      completion:^(BOOL finished) {
+                          if (finished) {
+                              dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+                                      [weakSelf destroyViews];
+                              });
+                          }
+                      }
+      ];      
     }
 }