diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/permissionsMethodMiddleware.js b/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/permissionsMethodMiddleware.js
index de9009f13..2a2485e33 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/permissionsMethodMiddleware.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/permissionsMethodMiddleware.js
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export default function createPermissionsMethodMiddleware({
       // custom method for getting metadata from the requesting domain,
       // sent automatically by the inpage provider when it's initialized
       case 'metamask_sendDomainMetadata': {
-        if (typeof req.domainMetadata?.name === 'string') {
-          addDomainMetadata(req.origin, req.domainMetadata)
+        if (typeof req.params?.name === 'string') {
+          addDomainMetadata(req.origin, req.params)
         }
         res.result = true
         return
diff --git a/test/unit/app/controllers/permissions/mocks.js b/test/unit/app/controllers/permissions/mocks.js
index 48937faf2..6c977f272 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/controllers/permissions/mocks.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/controllers/permissions/mocks.js
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ export const getters = deepFreeze({
       return {
         origin,
         method: 'metamask_sendDomainMetadata',
-        domainMetadata: {
+        params: {
           ...args,
           name,
         },