diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send.component.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send.component.js
index 38da4910b..219b362f2 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send.component.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import PersistentForm from '../../../lib/persistent-form'
 import {
   getAmountErrorObject,
+  getToAddressForGasUpdate,
   doesAmountErrorRequireUpdate,
 } from './send.utils'
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export default class SendTransactionScreen extends PersistentForm {
     updateSendTokenBalance: PropTypes.func,
   };
 
-  updateGas ({ to, amount: value } = {}) {
+  updateGas ({ to: updatedToAddress, amount: value } = {}) {
     const {
       amount,
       blockGasLimit,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export default class SendTransactionScreen extends PersistentForm {
       recentBlocks,
       selectedAddress,
       selectedToken = {},
+      to: currentToAddress,
       updateAndSetGasTotal,
     } = this.props
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export default class SendTransactionScreen extends PersistentForm {
       recentBlocks,
       selectedAddress,
       selectedToken,
-      to: to && to.toLowerCase(),
+      to: getToAddressForGasUpdate(updatedToAddress, currentToAddress),
       value: value || amount,
     })
   }
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send.container.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send.container.js
index 1fd96d61f..185653c5f 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send.container.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send.container.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   getSendAmount,
   getSendEditingTransactionId,
   getSendFromObject,
+  getSendTo,
   getTokenBalance,
 } from './send.selectors'
 import {
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ function mapStateToProps (state) {
     recentBlocks: getRecentBlocks(state),
     selectedAddress: getSelectedAddress(state),
     selectedToken: getSelectedToken(state),
+    to: getSendTo(state),
     tokenBalance: getTokenBalance(state),
     tokenContract: getSelectedTokenContract(state),
     tokenToFiatRate: getSelectedTokenToFiatRate(state),
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
index 9b26b4e32..dfd459731 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send.utils.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
   estimateGasPriceFromRecentBlocks,
   generateTokenTransferData,
   getAmountErrorObject,
+  getToAddressForGasUpdate,
   isBalanceSufficient,
   isTokenBalanceSufficient,
 }
@@ -268,3 +269,7 @@ function estimateGasPriceFromRecentBlocks (recentBlocks) {
 
   return lowestPrices[Math.floor(lowestPrices.length / 2)]
 }
+
+function getToAddressForGasUpdate (...addresses) {
+  return [...addresses, ''].find(str => str !== undefined && str !== null).toLowerCase()
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-component.test.js b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-component.test.js
index 4e33d8f63..4ba9b226d 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-component.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-component.test.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe('Send Component', function () {
   })
 
   describe('updateGas', () => {
-    it('should call updateAndSetGasTotal with the correct params', () => {
+    it('should call updateAndSetGasTotal with the correct params if no to prop is passed', () => {
       propsMethodSpies.updateAndSetGasTotal.resetHistory()
       wrapper.instance().updateGas()
       assert.equal(propsMethodSpies.updateAndSetGasTotal.callCount, 1)
@@ -215,12 +215,22 @@ describe('Send Component', function () {
           recentBlocks: ['mockBlock'],
           selectedAddress: 'mockSelectedAddress',
           selectedToken: 'mockSelectedToken',
-          to: undefined,
+          to: '',
           value: 'mockAmount',
         }
       )
     })
 
+    it('should call updateAndSetGasTotal with the correct params if a to prop is passed', () => {
+      propsMethodSpies.updateAndSetGasTotal.resetHistory()
+      wrapper.setProps({ to: 'someAddress' })
+      wrapper.instance().updateGas()
+      assert.equal(
+        propsMethodSpies.updateAndSetGasTotal.getCall(0).args[0].to,
+        'someaddress',
+      )
+    })
+
     it('should call updateAndSetGasTotal with to set to lowercase if passed', () => {
       propsMethodSpies.updateAndSetGasTotal.resetHistory()
       wrapper.instance().updateGas({ to: '0xABC' })
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-container.test.js b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-container.test.js
index 056aad148..91484f4d8 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-container.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-container.test.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ proxyquire('../send.container.js', {
     getSelectedTokenContract: (s) => `mockTokenContract:${s}`,
     getSelectedTokenToFiatRate: (s) => `mockTokenToFiatRate:${s}`,
     getSendAmount: (s) => `mockAmount:${s}`,
+    getSendTo: (s) => `mockTo:${s}`,
     getSendEditingTransactionId: (s) => `mockEditingTransactionId:${s}`,
     getSendFromObject: (s) => `mockFrom:${s}`,
     getTokenBalance: (s) => `mockTokenBalance:${s}`,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ describe('send container', () => {
         recentBlocks: 'mockRecentBlocks:mockState',
         selectedAddress: 'mockSelectedAddress:mockState',
         selectedToken: 'mockSelectedToken:mockState',
+        to: 'mockTo:mockState',
         tokenBalance: 'mockTokenBalance:mockState',
         tokenContract: 'mockTokenContract:mockState',
         tokenToFiatRate: 'mockTokenToFiatRate:mockState',
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-utils.test.js b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-utils.test.js
index facc0e518..f3d5674b7 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-utils.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/tests/send-utils.test.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const {
   estimateGasPriceFromRecentBlocks,
   generateTokenTransferData,
   getAmountErrorObject,
+  getToAddressForGasUpdate,
   calcTokenBalance,
   isBalanceSufficient,
   isTokenBalanceSufficient,
@@ -421,4 +422,15 @@ describe('send utils', () => {
       assert.equal(estimateGasPriceFromRecentBlocks(mockRecentBlocks), '0x5')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('getToAddressForGasUpdate()', () => {
+    it('should return empty string if all params are undefined or null', () => {
+      assert.equal(getToAddressForGasUpdate(undefined, null), '')
+    })
+
+    it('should return the first string that is not defined or null in lower case', () => {
+      assert.equal(getToAddressForGasUpdate('A', null), 'a')
+      assert.equal(getToAddressForGasUpdate(undefined, 'B'), 'b')
+    })
+  })
 })