diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
index be61a789a..5b393963c 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
@@ -1248,7 +1248,9 @@ export default class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     this.addTransaction(newTxMeta);
-    await this.approveTransaction(newTxMeta.id, actionId);
+    await this.approveTransaction(newTxMeta.id, actionId, {
+      hasApprovalRequest: false,
+    });
     return newTxMeta;
   }
 
@@ -1306,7 +1308,9 @@ export default class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     this.addTransaction(newTxMeta);
-    await this.approveTransaction(newTxMeta.id, actionId);
+    await this.approveTransaction(newTxMeta.id, actionId, {
+      hasApprovalRequest: false,
+    });
     return newTxMeta;
   }
 
@@ -1345,8 +1349,10 @@ export default class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
    *
    * @param {number} txId - the tx's Id
    * @param {string} actionId - actionId passed from UI
+   * @param opts - options object
+   * @param opts.hasApprovalRequest - whether the transaction has an approval request
    */
-  async approveTransaction(txId, actionId) {
+  async approveTransaction(txId, actionId, { hasApprovalRequest = true } = {}) {
     // TODO: Move this safety out of this function.
     // Since this transaction is async,
     // we need to keep track of what is currently being signed,
@@ -1361,7 +1367,9 @@ export default class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     try {
       // approve
       this.txStateManager.setTxStatusApproved(txId);
-      this._acceptApproval(txMeta);
+      if (hasApprovalRequest) {
+        this._acceptApproval(txMeta);
+      }
       // get next nonce
       const fromAddress = txMeta.txParams.from;
       // wait for a nonce
diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.test.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.test.js
index 601b1fb88..3767572b7 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.test.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.test.js
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
         cancelTxMeta.id,
       );
       assert.deepEqual(cancelTxMeta, memTxMeta);
+      // One for the initial addUnapprovedTransaction, one for the approval
+      assert.equal(messengerMock.call.callCount, 2);
     });
 
     it('should add only 1 cancel transaction when called twice with same actionId', async function () {
@@ -1385,6 +1387,7 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
           type: TransactionType.retry,
         },
       );
+      assert.equal(messengerMock.call.callCount, 0);
     });
 
     it('should call this.approveTransaction with the id of the returned tx', async function () {