diff --git a/Samples/iOS-Swift/PerformanceBenchmarks/SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests.m b/Samples/iOS-Swift/PerformanceBenchmarks/SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests.m
index bb14d6b2349..59edcc1a259 100644
--- a/Samples/iOS-Swift/PerformanceBenchmarks/SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests.m
+++ b/Samples/iOS-Swift/PerformanceBenchmarks/SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests.m
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ @interface SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests : XCTestCase
 
 @implementation SentrySDKPerformanceBenchmarkTests
 
+- (void)setUp
+{
+    [super setUp];
+
+    [[XCUIDevice sharedDevice] setOrientation:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait];
+}
+
 - (void)testCPUBenchmark
 {
     XCTSkipIf(isSimulator() && !isDebugging());