diff --git a/src/ios/CDVCamera.m b/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
index ac30dec24..a410ed599 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
@@ -670,17 +670,21 @@ - (void)imagePickerControllerReturnImageResult
 {
     CDVPictureOptions* options = self.pickerController.pictureOptions;
     CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
-    NSData* data = [self.data copy];
+   
+    NSMutableData *dest_data = [NSMutableData data];
+
     if (self.metadata) {
         CGImageSourceRef sourceImage = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((__bridge CFDataRef)self.data, NULL);
         CFStringRef sourceType = CGImageSourceGetType(sourceImage);
 
-        CGImageDestinationRef destinationImage = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData((__bridge CFMutableDataRef)self.data, sourceType, 1, NULL);
+        CGImageDestinationRef destinationImage = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData((__bridge CFMutableDataRef)dest_data, sourceType, 1, NULL);
         CGImageDestinationAddImageFromSource(destinationImage, sourceImage, 0, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef)self.metadata);
         CGImageDestinationFinalize(destinationImage);
 
         CFRelease(sourceImage);
         CFRelease(destinationImage);
+    } else{
+        dest_data = [self.data mutableCopy];
     }
 
     switch (options.destinationType) {
@@ -691,7 +695,7 @@ - (void)imagePickerControllerReturnImageResult
             NSString* filePath = [self tempFilePath:extension];
 
             // save file
-            if (![data writeToFile:filePath options:NSAtomicWrite error:&err]) {
+            if (![dest_data writeToFile:filePath options:NSAtomicWrite error:&err]) {
                 result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsString:[err localizedDescription]];
             }
             else {
@@ -701,7 +705,7 @@ - (void)imagePickerControllerReturnImageResult
             break;
         case DestinationTypeDataUrl:
         {
-            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:toBase64(data)];
+            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:toBase64(dest_data)];
         }
             break;
         case DestinationTypeNativeUri:
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@ - (void)imagePickerControllerReturnImageResult
     self.pickerController = nil;
     self.data = nil;
     self.metadata = nil;
-    data = nil;
+    dest_data = nil;
     if (options.saveToPhotoAlbum) {
         ALAssetsLibrary *library = [ALAssetsLibrary new];
         [library writeImageDataToSavedPhotosAlbum:self.data metadata:self.metadata completionBlock:nil];