diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/typed-message-manager.js b/app/scripts/lib/typed-message-manager.js
index c0378b87c..4769f6e4c 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/typed-message-manager.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/typed-message-manager.js
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ export default class TypedMessageManager extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * Controller in charge of managing - storing, adding, removing, updating - TypedMessage.
    */
-  constructor ({ networkController }) {
+  constructor ({ getCurrentChainId }) {
     super()
-    this.networkController = networkController
+    this._getCurrentChainId = getCurrentChainId
     this.memStore = new ObservableStore({
       unapprovedTypedMessages: {},
       unapprovedTypedMessagesCount: 0,
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ export default class TypedMessageManager extends EventEmitter {
         assert.equal(validation.errors.length, 0, 'Signing data must conform to EIP-712 schema. See https://git.io/fNtcx.')
         const { chainId } = data.domain
         if (chainId) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line radix
-          const activeChainId = parseInt(this.networkController.getNetworkState())
+          const activeChainId = parseInt(this._getCurrentChainId(), 16)
           assert.ok(!Number.isNaN(activeChainId), `Cannot sign messages for chainId "${chainId}", because MetaMask is switching networks.`)
           assert.equal(chainId, activeChainId, `Provided chainId "${chainId}" must match the active chainId "${activeChainId}"`)
         }
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index 130500dab..81b3665a0 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     this.personalMessageManager = new PersonalMessageManager()
     this.decryptMessageManager = new DecryptMessageManager()
     this.encryptionPublicKeyManager = new EncryptionPublicKeyManager()
-    this.typedMessageManager = new TypedMessageManager({ networkController: this.networkController })
+    this.typedMessageManager = new TypedMessageManager({
+      getCurrentChainId: this.networkController.getCurrentChainId.bind(this.networkController),
+    })
 
     this.swapsController = new SwapsController({
       getBufferedGasLimit: this.txController.txGasUtil.getBufferedGasLimit.bind(this.txController.txGasUtil),
diff --git a/test/unit/app/typed-message-manager.spec.js b/test/unit/app/typed-message-manager.spec.js
index 559628dd4..7598ea185 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/typed-message-manager.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/typed-message-manager.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import assert from 'assert'
 import sinon from 'sinon'
-import NetworkController from '../../../app/scripts/controllers/network'
 import TypedMessageManager from '../../../app/scripts/lib/typed-message-manager'
 
 describe('Typed Message Manager', function () {
@@ -9,11 +8,8 @@ describe('Typed Message Manager', function () {
   const address = '0xc42edfcc21ed14dda456aa0756c153f7985d8813'
 
   beforeEach(async function () {
-    const networkController = new NetworkController()
-    sinon.stub(networkController, 'getNetworkState').returns('0x1')
-
     typedMessageManager = new TypedMessageManager({
-      networkController,
+      getCurrentChainId: sinon.fake.returns('0x1'),
     })
 
     msgParamsV1 = {