diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.test.ts b/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.test.ts
index 507ab83ecdf2..04c029c3ef8b 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.test.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.test.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ describe('submitSmartTransactionHook', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ transactionHash: undefined });
   });
 
+  it('falls back to regular transaction submit if the transaction type is "swapAndSend"', async () => {
+    const request: SubmitSmartTransactionRequestMocked = createRequest();
+    request.transactionMeta.type = TransactionType.swapAndSend;
+    const result = await submitSmartTransactionHook(request);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ transactionHash: undefined });
+  });
+
   it('falls back to regular transaction submit if /getFees throws an error', async () => {
     const request: SubmitSmartTransactionRequestMocked = createRequest();
     jest
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.ts b/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.ts
index 38f57f597947..97e37965d6ea 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/transaction/smart-transactions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   TransactionController,
   TransactionMeta,
   TransactionParams,
+  TransactionType,
 } from '@metamask/transaction-controller';
 import log from 'loglevel';
 import {
@@ -120,9 +121,15 @@ class SmartTransactionHook {
   }
 
   async submit() {
+    const isUnsupportedTransactionTypeForSmartTransaction =
+      this.#transactionMeta?.type === TransactionType.swapAndSend;
+
     // Will cause TransactionController to publish to the RPC provider as normal.
     const useRegularTransactionSubmit = { transactionHash: undefined };
-    if (!this.#isSmartTransaction) {
+    if (
+      !this.#isSmartTransaction ||
+      isUnsupportedTransactionTypeForSmartTransaction
+    ) {
       return useRegularTransactionSubmit;
     }
     const { id: approvalFlowId } = await this.#controllerMessenger.call(