diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigator.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigator.js
index e5a8a3a846b434..b3a72f9c9f787a 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigator.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigator.js
@@ -791,12 +791,14 @@ var Navigator = React.createClass({
       }
       var isTravelVertical = gesture.direction === 'top-to-bottom' || gesture.direction === 'bottom-to-top';
       var isTravelInverted = gesture.direction === 'right-to-left' || gesture.direction === 'bottom-to-top';
+      var startedLoc = isTravelVertical ? gestureState.y0 : gestureState.x0;
       var currentLoc = isTravelVertical ? gestureState.moveY : gestureState.moveX;
       var travelDist = isTravelVertical ? gestureState.dy : gestureState.dx;
       var oppositeAxisTravelDist =
         isTravelVertical ? gestureState.dx : gestureState.dy;
       var edgeHitWidth = gesture.edgeHitWidth;
       if (isTravelInverted) {
+        startedLoc = -startedLoc;
         currentLoc = -currentLoc;
         travelDist = -travelDist;
         oppositeAxisTravelDist = -oppositeAxisTravelDist;
@@ -804,8 +806,11 @@ var Navigator = React.createClass({
           -(SCREEN_HEIGHT - edgeHitWidth) :
           -(SCREEN_WIDTH - edgeHitWidth);
       }
+      if (startedLoc == 0) {
+        startedLoc = currentLoc;
+      }
       var moveStartedInRegion = gesture.edgeHitWidth == null ||
-        currentLoc < edgeHitWidth;
+        startedLoc < edgeHitWidth;
       if (!moveStartedInRegion) {
         return false;
       }