diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/lwansbrough/RCTCamera/RCTCameraModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/lwansbrough/RCTCamera/RCTCameraModule.java
index 251b730..7ff8fe7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/lwansbrough/RCTCamera/RCTCameraModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/lwansbrough/RCTCamera/RCTCameraModule.java
@@ -561,6 +561,12 @@ public class RCTCameraModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
      * concurrently which would blow the memory (esp on smaller devices), and slow things down.
      */
     private synchronized void processImage(MutableImage mutableImage, Boolean shouldMirror, ReadableMap options, Promise promise) {
+        try {
+            mutableImage.fixOrientation();
+        } catch (MutableImage.ImageMutationFailedException e) {
+            promise.reject("Error mirroring image", e);
+        }
+        
         if (shouldMirror) {
             try {
                 mutableImage.mirrorImage();
@@ -569,12 +575,6 @@ public class RCTCameraModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
             }
         }
 
-        try {
-            mutableImage.fixOrientation();
-        } catch (MutableImage.ImageMutationFailedException e) {
-            promise.reject("Error mirroring image", e);
-        }
-
         int jpegQualityPercent = 80;
         if(options.hasKey("jpegQuality")) {
             jpegQualityPercent = options.getInt("jpegQuality");