diff --git a/app/_locales/en/messages.json b/app/_locales/en/messages.json
index cb6227af6..432aa2ee8 100644
--- a/app/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/app/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@
   "nonceField": {
     "message": "Customize transaction nonce"
   },
-  "nonceFieldPlaceholder": {
-    "message": "Automatically calculate"
-  },
   "nonceFieldHeading": {
     "message": "Custom Nonce"
   },
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index cbf12fb29..d7baedb43 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       isNonceTaken: nodeify(txController.isNonceTaken, txController),
       estimateGas: nodeify(this.estimateGas, this),
       getPendingNonce: nodeify(this.getPendingNonce, this),
+      getNextNonce: nodeify(this.getNextNonce, this),
 
       // messageManager
       signMessage: nodeify(this.signMessage, this),
@@ -1612,13 +1613,28 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
    * @returns Promise<number>
    */
   async getPendingNonce (address) {
-    const { nonceDetails, releaseLock} = await this.txController.nonceTracker.getNonceLock(address)
+    const { nonceDetails, releaseLock } = await this.txController.nonceTracker.getNonceLock(address)
     const pendingNonce = nonceDetails.params.highestSuggested
 
     releaseLock()
     return pendingNonce
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the next nonce according to the nonce-tracker
+   * @param address {string} - The hex string address for the transaction
+   * @returns Promise<number>
+   */
+  async getNextNonce (address) {
+    let nonceLock
+    try {
+      nonceLock = await this.txController.nonceTracker.getNonceLock(address)
+    } finally {
+      nonceLock.releaseLock()
+    }
+    return nonceLock.nextNonce
+  }
+
   //=============================================================================
   // CONFIG
   //=============================================================================
diff --git a/ui/app/pages/confirm-transaction-base/confirm-transaction-base.component.js b/ui/app/pages/confirm-transaction-base/confirm-transaction-base.component.js
index 8265dd20b..b72225dde 100644
--- a/ui/app/pages/confirm-transaction-base/confirm-transaction-base.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/pages/confirm-transaction-base/confirm-transaction-base.component.js
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export default class ConfirmTransactionBase extends Component {
                 <TextField
                   type="number"
                   min="0"
-                  placeholder={ this.context.t('nonceFieldPlaceholder') }
+                  placeholder={ nextNonce }
                   onChange={({ target: { value } }) => {
                     if (!value.length || Number(value) < 0) {
                       updateCustomNonce('')
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export default class ConfirmTransactionBase extends Component {
                   }}
                   fullWidth
                   margin="dense"
-                  value={customNonceValue || nextNonce || ''}
+                  value={ customNonceValue || '' }
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ export default class ConfirmTransactionBase extends Component {
                   submitting: false,
                   submitError: error.message,
                 })
+                updateCustomNonce('')
               })
           }
         })
diff --git a/ui/app/store/actions.js b/ui/app/store/actions.js
index cb4d4f41f..d70f931c1 100644
--- a/ui/app/store/actions.js
+++ b/ui/app/store/actions.js
@@ -2932,13 +2932,13 @@ function getNextNonce () {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const address = getState().metamask.selectedAddress
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      background.getPendingNonce(address, (err, pendingNonce) => {
+      background.getNextNonce(address, (err, nextNonce) => {
         if (err) {
           dispatch(actions.displayWarning(err.message))
           return reject(err)
         }
-        dispatch(setNextNonce(pendingNonce))
-        resolve(pendingNonce)
+        dispatch(setNextNonce(nextNonce))
+        resolve(nextNonce)
       })
     })
   }