diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
index 22ea58142..408bed283 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/index.js
@@ -439,8 +439,19 @@ class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     const txMeta = this.txStateManager.getTx(txId)
     txMeta.rawTx = rawTx
     this.txStateManager.updateTx(txMeta, 'transactions#publishTransaction')
-    const txHash = await this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx)
+    let txHash
+    try {
+      txHash = await this.query.sendRawTransaction(rawTx)
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.message.toLowerCase().includes('known transaction')) {
+        txHash = ethUtil.sha3(ethUtil.addHexPrefix(rawTx)).toString('hex')
+        txHash = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(txHash)
+      } else {
+        throw error
+      }
+    }
     this.setTxHash(txId, txHash)
+
     this.txStateManager.setTxStatusSubmitted(txId)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js b/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
index 642e1b6af..76b8e5025 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/controllers/transactions/tx-controller-test.js
@@ -496,6 +496,16 @@ describe('Transaction Controller', function () {
       assert.equal(publishedTx.hash, hash)
       assert.equal(publishedTx.status, 'submitted')
     })
+
+    it('should ignore the error "Transaction Failed: known transaction" and be as usual', async function () {
+      providerResultStub['eth_sendRawTransaction'] = async (_, __, ___, end) => { end('Transaction Failed: known transaction') }
+      const rawTx = '0xf86204831e848082520894f231d46dd78806e1dd93442cf33c7671f853874880802ca05f973e540f2d3c2f06d3725a626b75247593cb36477187ae07ecfe0a4db3cf57a00259b52ee8c58baaa385fb05c3f96116e58de89bcc165cb3bfdfc708672fed8a'
+      txController.txStateManager.addTx(txMeta)
+      await txController.publishTransaction(txMeta.id, rawTx)
+      const publishedTx = txController.txStateManager.getTx(1)
+      assert.equal(publishedTx.hash, '0x2cc5a25744486f7383edebbf32003e5a66e18135799593d6b5cdd2bb43674f09')
+      assert.equal(publishedTx.status, 'submitted')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('#retryTransaction', function () {