diff --git a/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/preferences/util/UserPreferences.java b/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/preferences/util/UserPreferences.java
index 6b654fda12..033be280c0 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/preferences/util/UserPreferences.java
+++ b/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/preferences/util/UserPreferences.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public final class UserPreferences
 		config.setString("video_shader", shaderPath);
 		config.setBoolean("video_shader_enable", prefs.getBoolean("video_shader_enable", false) && new File(shaderPath).exists());
 
-		config.setBoolean("input_overlay_enable", prefs.getBoolean("input_overlay_enable", true));
+		config.setBoolean("input_overlay_enable", prefs.getBoolean("input_overlay_enable", false));
 		config.setString("input_overlay", prefs.getString("input_overlay", ""));
 
 		// Set whether or not custom directories are being used.
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index f5d6417cf3..2ca9ef81a7 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@ void config_set_defaults(void)
 
    g_settings.input.overlay_enable = false;
 
-   if (g_defaults.settings.input_overlay_enable)
-      g_settings.input.overlay_enable = g_defaults.settings.input_overlay_enable;
+   g_settings.input.overlay_enable = g_defaults.settings.input_overlay_enable;
 
    g_settings.input.overlay_opacity = 0.7f;
    g_settings.input.overlay_scale = 1.0f;