diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/metametrics.js b/app/scripts/controllers/metametrics.js
index 50f23fba1fa5..cc20d5a97118 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/metametrics.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/metametrics.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export default class MetaMetricsController {
     const segmentApiCalls = initState?.segmentApiCalls || {};
 
     this.store = new ObservableStore({
-      participateInMetaMetrics: true,
+      participateInMetaMetrics: null,
       metaMetricsId: null,
       eventsBeforeMetricsOptIn: [],
       traits: {},
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ export default class MetaMetricsController {
 
     // Code below submits any pending segmentApiCalls to Segment if/when the controller is re-instantiated
     if (isManifestV3) {
-      Object.values(segmentApiCalls).forEach(({ eventType, payload, callback }) => {
-        this._submitSegmentAPICall(eventType, payload, callback);
-      });
+      Object.values(segmentApiCalls).forEach(
+        ({ eventType, payload, callback }) => {
+          this._submitSegmentAPICall(eventType, payload, callback);
+        },
+      );
     }
 
     // Close out event fragments that were created but not progressed. An