diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index 060484b87..6bdbd2cfc 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -201,11 +201,8 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
       // wait for a nonce
       nonceLock = await this.nonceTracker.getNonceLock(fromAddress)
       // add nonce to txParams
-      if (txMeta.nonceSpecified) {
-        txMeta.txParams.nonce = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txMeta.txParams.nonce.toString(16))
-      } else {
-        txMeta.txParams.nonce = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(nonceLock.nextNonce.toString(16))
-      }
+      const nonce = txMeta.nonceSpecified ? txMeta.txParams.nonce : nonceLock.nextNonce
+      txMeta.txParams.nonce = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(nonce.toString(16))
       // add nonce debugging information to txMeta
       txMeta.nonceDetails = nonceLock.nonceDetails
       this.txStateManager.updateTx(txMeta, 'transactions#approveTransaction')