diff --git a/ui/app/ducks/confirm-transaction/confirm-transaction.duck.js b/ui/app/ducks/confirm-transaction/confirm-transaction.duck.js
index 4edf8a70cce4..169c9d5432bb 100644
--- a/ui/app/ducks/confirm-transaction/confirm-transaction.duck.js
+++ b/ui/app/ducks/confirm-transaction/confirm-transaction.duck.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import log from 'loglevel'
 import {
   conversionRateSelector,
   currentCurrencySelector,
@@ -369,23 +370,17 @@ export function setTransactionToConfirm (transactionId) {
         const { tokens: existingTokens } = state
         const { data, to: tokenAddress } = txParams
 
-        try {
-          dispatch(setFetchingData(true))
-          const methodData = await getMethodData(data)
-
-          dispatch(updateMethodData(methodData))
-        } catch (error) {
-          dispatch(updateMethodData({}))
-          dispatch(setFetchingData(false))
-        }
+        dispatch(setFetchingData(true))
+        const methodData = await getMethodData(data)
+        dispatch(updateMethodData(methodData))
 
         try {
           const toSmartContract = await isSmartContractAddress(to)
           dispatch(updateToSmartContract(toSmartContract))
-          dispatch(setFetchingData(false))
         } catch (error) {
-          dispatch(setFetchingData(false))
+          log.error(error)
         }
+        dispatch(setFetchingData(false))
 
         const tokenData = getTokenData(data)
         dispatch(updateTokenData(tokenData))
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
index edf2e24f6dad..cb6c9536c77a 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/utils/transactions.util.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   CANCEL_ATTEMPT_ACTION_KEY,
 } from '../constants/transactions'
 
+import log from 'loglevel'
 import { addCurrencies } from './conversion-util'
 
 abiDecoder.addABI(abi)
@@ -37,21 +38,31 @@ const registry = new MethodRegistry({ provider: global.ethereumProvider })
  * @param {string} data - The hex data (@code txParams.data) of a transaction
  * @returns {Object}
  */
-export async function getMethodData (data = '') {
-  const prefixedData = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(data)
-  const fourBytePrefix = prefixedData.slice(0, 10)
-  const sig = await registry.lookup(fourBytePrefix)
-
-  if (!sig) {
-    return {}
-  }
+  export async function getMethodData (data = '') {
+    const prefixedData = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(data)
+    const fourBytePrefix = prefixedData.slice(0, 10)
+
+    try {
+      const sig = await registry.lookup(fourBytePrefix)
+
+      if (!sig) {
+        return {}
+      }
+
+      const parsedResult = registry.parse(sig)
+
+      return {
+        name: parsedResult.name,
+        params: parsedResult.args,
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      log.error(error)
+      const contractData = getTokenData(data)
+      const { name } = contractData || {}
+      return { name }
+    }
 
-  const parsedResult = registry.parse(sig)
 
-  return {
-    name: parsedResult.name,
-    params: parsedResult.args,
-  }
 }
 
 export function isConfirmDeployContract (txData = {}) {