diff --git a/src/ios/CDVFile.m b/src/ios/CDVFile.m
index 11b8dd3f6..fe98c7217 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVFile.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVFile.m
@@ -1010,8 +1010,8 @@ - (void)testDirectoryExists:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 - (void)getFreeDiskSpace:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 {
     // no arguments
-
-    NSNumber* pNumAvail = [self checkFreeDiskSpace:self.appDocsPath];
+    NSString* fullPath = @"/";
+    NSNumber* pNumAvail = [self checkFreeDiskSpace:fullPath];
 
     NSString* strFreeSpace = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%qu", [pNumAvail unsignedLongLongValue]];
     // NSLog(@"Free space is %@", strFreeSpace );