diff --git a/Blog/BlogSplitViewController.m b/Blog/BlogSplitViewController.m
index b8ab9c9..cef8dc0 100644
--- a/Blog/BlogSplitViewController.m
+++ b/Blog/BlogSplitViewController.m
@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@
     self.postsViewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(320, 600);
 }
 
+- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
+    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
+    [self updateForNewTraitCollection:self.traitCollection];
+}
+
 - (void)willTransitionToTraitCollection:(UITraitCollection *)newCollection withTransitionCoordinator:(id <UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)coordinator {
     [super willTransitionToTraitCollection:newCollection withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];
+    [self updateForNewTraitCollection:newCollection];
+}
+
+- (void)updateForNewTraitCollection:(UITraitCollection *)newCollection {
     BOOL isCompact = newCollection.horizontalSizeClass == UIUserInterfaceSizeClassCompact;
     self.postsViewController.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = isCompact;
 }
diff --git a/Blog/PostsViewController.m b/Blog/PostsViewController.m
index 9117015..dff7e7d 100644
--- a/Blog/PostsViewController.m
+++ b/Blog/PostsViewController.m
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ static const NSUInteger SectionPublished = 1;
 - (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
     [super viewWillAppear:animated];
     [self requestStatusWithCaching:YES];
-    BOOL isPhone = [UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone;
-    if (isPhone && self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow) {
+    if (self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear && self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow) {
         [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow animated:YES];
     }
     if (!self.postCollections) {