diff --git a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
index 3c5f86dfd..c45a033e8 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/view/view-tests.ios.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function checkUniformNativeBorderColor(v: view.View): boolean {
 }
 
 export function getUniformNativeCornerRadius(v: view.View): number {
-    return (<UIView>v.ios).layer.cornerRadius;
+    return utils.layout.toDevicePixels((<UIView>v.ios).layer.cornerRadius);
 }
 
 export function checkNativeBackgroundColor(v: view.View): boolean {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 119ae9cc4..9e71700f5 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export module ios {
             const borderColor = background.getUniformBorderColor();
             layer.borderColor = !borderColor ? undefined : borderColor.ios.CGColor;
             layer.borderWidth = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.getUniformBorderWidth());
-            layer.cornerRadius = background.getUniformBorderRadius();
+            layer.cornerRadius = layout.toDeviceIndependentPixels(background.getUniformBorderRadius());
         }
         else {
             drawNonUniformBorders(nativeView, background);