diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
index 49f4f86c0..15877e055 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ async function getMethodFrom4Byte (fourBytePrefix) {
     return null
   }
 }
-
-const registry = new MethodRegistry({ provider: global.ethereumProvider })
+let registry
 
 /**
  * Attempts to return the method data from the MethodRegistry library, the message registry library and the token abi, in that order of preference
@@ -64,6 +63,10 @@ export async function getMethodDataAsync (fourBytePrefix) {
       return null
     })
 
+    if (!registry) {
+      registry = new MethodRegistry({ provider: global.ethereumProvider })
+    }
+
     let sig = await registry.lookup(fourBytePrefix)
 
     if (!sig) {