diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index a57f04cd0..fde9b0a3e 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -977,9 +977,12 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
             orientation_landscape = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
         }
 
-        if (hint.contains("Portrait") && hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
+        /* exact match to 'Portrait' to distinguish with PortraitUpsideDown */
+        boolean contains_Portrait = hint.contains("Portrait ") || hint.endsWith("Portrait");
+
+        if (contains_Portrait && hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_PORTRAIT;
-        } else if (hint.contains("Portrait")) {
+        } else if (contains_Portrait) {
             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
         } else if (hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;