diff --git a/packages/expo-localization/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/expo-localization/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a294c6841ff4..40f8edc40093b 100644
--- a/packages/expo-localization/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/expo-localization/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 ### 🎉 New features
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
+
+- Fixed `Localization.locale` throwing an exception on the iOS simulator. ([#8193](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8193) by [@lukmccall](https://github.com/lukmccall))
diff --git a/packages/expo-localization/ios/EXLocalization/EXLocalization.m b/packages/expo-localization/ios/EXLocalization/EXLocalization.m
index d6a29fc74edb6..36a6c967c5195 100644
--- a/packages/expo-localization/ios/EXLocalization/EXLocalization.m
+++ b/packages/expo-localization/ios/EXLocalization/EXLocalization.m
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ @implementation EXLocalization
 - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
 {
   NSArray<NSString *> *preferredLocales = [NSLocale preferredLanguages];
-  if (preferredLocales == nil) {
+  if (![preferredLocales count]) {
     NSString *currentLocale = [[NSLocale currentLocale] localeIdentifier];
     if (currentLocale == nil) {
       currentLocale = @"en_US";