diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
index 36b5cdbc9..9bf2ae1e2 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TxGasUtil {
     @returns {object} the txMeta object with the gas written to the txParams
   */
   async analyzeGasUsage (txMeta) {
-    const block = await this.query.getBlockByNumber('latest', true)
+    const block = await this.query.getBlockByNumber('latest', false)
     let estimatedGasHex
     try {
       estimatedGasHex = await this.estimateTxGas(txMeta, block.gasLimit)
@@ -126,4 +126,4 @@ class TxGasUtil {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = TxGasUtil
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = TxGasUtil