diff --git a/Common/UI/Context.cpp b/Common/UI/Context.cpp
index 26eeb831b7..88a165d1f3 100644
--- a/Common/UI/Context.cpp
+++ b/Common/UI/Context.cpp
@@ -164,11 +164,18 @@ Bounds UIContext::GetLayoutBounds(ViewLayoutMode layoutMode, bool immersiveMode)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	// The side insets are only evened out in landscape. In portrait, a camera cutout is at the top, so a
+	// side inset is a real edge (like the sensor bar on the iPhone Duo's cover screen) and stays as is.
+	const Bounds screenBounds = GetBounds();
+	const bool landscape = screenBounds.w > screenBounds.h;
+
 	if (immersiveMode) {
 		if (!hasCameraCutout) {
 			// No cutout, so if the nav bar is hidden, we can use the full width of the screen.
 			left = 0.0f;
 			right = 0.0f;
+		} else if (!landscape) {
+			// Keep the insets.
 		} else if (left > 0 && right > 0) {
 			// Navigation bar is available, so insets leave space for it
 			// even if it's hidden.
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ Bounds UIContext::GetLayoutBounds(ViewLayoutMode layoutMode, bool immersiveMode)
 			right = sideWidth;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if ((left > 0) != (right > 0)) {
+		if (landscape && (left > 0) != (right > 0)) {
 			// Only one side has a cutout (surely the camera, which is usually smaller than the nav bar), so use the larger of the two for both sides.
 			int sideWidth = std::max(left, right);
 			left = sideWidth;