diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/send-amount-row.component.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/send-amount-row.component.js
index e6cb405e9..8da36d3b7 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/send-amount-row.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/send-amount-row.component.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export default class SendAmountRow extends Component {
 
     setMaxModeTo(false)
     updateSendAmount(amount)
-    this.validateAmount(amount)
   }
 
   updateGas (amount) {
@@ -87,8 +86,11 @@ export default class SendAmountRow extends Component {
         <CurrencyDisplay
           conversionRate={amountConversionRate}
           convertedCurrency={convertedCurrency}
-          onBlur={newAmount => this.updateGas(newAmount)}
-          onChange={newAmount => this.updateAmount(newAmount)}
+          onBlur={newAmount => {
+            this.updateGas(newAmount)
+            this.updateAmount(newAmount)
+          }}
+          onChange={newAmount => this.validateAmount(newAmount)}
           inError={inError}
           primaryCurrency={primaryCurrency || 'ETH'}
           selectedToken={selectedToken}
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/tests/send-amount-row-component.test.js b/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/tests/send-amount-row-component.test.js
index 6e6c80890..579e18585 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/tests/send-amount-row-component.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send_/send-content/send-amount-row/tests/send-amount-row-component.test.js
@@ -143,16 +143,20 @@ describe('SendAmountRow Component', function () {
       assert.deepEqual(selectedToken, { address: 'mockTokenAddress' })
       assert.equal(value, 'mockAmount')
       assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateGas.callCount, 0)
+      assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateAmount.callCount, 0)
       onBlur('mockNewAmount')
       assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateGas.callCount, 1)
       assert.deepEqual(
         SendAmountRow.prototype.updateGas.getCall(0).args,
         ['mockNewAmount']
       )
-      assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateAmount.callCount, 0)
+      assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateAmount.callCount, 1)
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        SendAmountRow.prototype.updateAmount.getCall(0).args,
+        ['mockNewAmount']
+      )
       assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.validateAmount.callCount, 0)
       onChange('mockNewAmount')
-      assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.updateAmount.callCount, 1)
       assert.equal(SendAmountRow.prototype.validateAmount.callCount, 1)
       assert.deepEqual(
         SendAmountRow.prototype.validateAmount.getCall(0).args,