diff --git a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
index ae6e73837..055c54849 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController {
 		view.layoutIfNeeded()
 	}
 	
+	override func willTransition(to newCollection: UITraitCollection, with coordinator: any UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
+		// We only want to show bars when rotating to horizontalSizeClass == .regular
+		// (i.e., big) iPhones to resolve crash #4483.
+		if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone && newCollection.horizontalSizeClass == .regular {
+			currentWebViewController?.showBars()
+		}
+	}
+	
 	func updateUI() {
 		
 		guard let article = article else {