diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
index e642864f1..24e28064e 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ function ReaderToc:expandParentNode(index)
 end
 
 function ReaderToc:onShowToc()
-    if self.view.inverse_reading_order then
+    if self.view:shouldInvertBiDiLayoutMirroring() then
         BD.invert()
     end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
index bd87c3307..1825afa66 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
@@ -831,6 +831,11 @@ function ReaderView:onReadSettings(config)
                                               or 8)
 end
 
+function ReaderView:shouldInvertBiDiLayoutMirroring()
+    -- A few widgets may temporarily invert UI layout mirroring when both these settings are true
+    return self.inverse_reading_order and G_reader_settings:isTrue("invert_ui_layout_mirroring")
+end
+
 function ReaderView:onPageUpdate(new_page_no)
     self.state.page = new_page_no
     self.state.drawn = false
diff --git a/frontend/ui/bidi.lua b/frontend/ui/bidi.lua
index 16e882a90..42086a7c0 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/bidi.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/bidi.lua
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ end
 -- This fuction can be used by document widgets to temporarily match a widget
 -- to the document page turn direction instead of the UI layout direction.
 function Bidi.invert()
-    if G_reader_settings:isTrue("invert_ui_layout_mirroring") and not Bidi._inverted then
+    if not Bidi._inverted then
         Bidi._mirrored_ui_layout = not Bidi._mirrored_ui_layout
         Bidi._inverted = true
     end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/bookmapwidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/bookmapwidget.lua
index 5d2c48f64..a10733cb8 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/bookmapwidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/bookmapwidget.lua
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ local BookMapWidget = InputContainer:new{
 }
 
 function BookMapWidget:init()
-    if self.ui.view.inverse_reading_order then
+    if self.ui.view:shouldInvertBiDiLayoutMirroring() then
         BD.invert()
     end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/pagebrowserwidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/pagebrowserwidget.lua
index f469347d8..0c1696d1e 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/pagebrowserwidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/pagebrowserwidget.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ local PageBrowserWidget = InputContainer:new{
 }
 
 function PageBrowserWidget:init()
-    if self.ui.view.inverse_reading_order then
+    if self.ui.view:shouldInvertBiDiLayoutMirroring() then
         BD.invert()
     end