diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index dcce8d7ba9..a8ff9a31f7 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_LOGGER_INCLUDE_TIMESTAMP = true;
 export const ONE_SECOND_MS = 1000;
 export const ONE_MINUTE_MS = ONE_SECOND_MS * 60;
 export const TEN_MINUTES_MS = ONE_MINUTE_MS * 10;
+export const DEFAULT_VALIDATION_GAS_LIMIT = 10e6;
 
 // The number of orders to post to Mesh at one time
 export const MESH_ORDERS_BATCH_SIZE = 200;
diff --git a/src/services/meta_transaction_service.ts b/src/services/meta_transaction_service.ts
index 5cf68e5460..1d4372edb7 100644
--- a/src/services/meta_transaction_service.ts
+++ b/src/services/meta_transaction_service.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
     RFQT_SKIP_BUY_REQUESTS,
 } from '../config';
 import {
+    DEFAULT_VALIDATION_GAS_LIMIT,
     ONE_GWEI,
     ONE_MINUTE_MS,
     ONE_SECOND_MS,
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ export class MetaTransactionService {
                 from: PUBLIC_ADDRESS_FOR_ETH_CALLS,
                 gasPrice,
                 value: protocolFee,
+                gas: DEFAULT_VALIDATION_GAS_LIMIT,
             });
         } catch (err) {
             // we reach into the underlying revert and throw it instead of
@@ -296,7 +298,6 @@ export class MetaTransactionService {
         protocolFee: BigNumber,
     ): Promise<PartialTxParams> {
         const gasPrice = zeroExTransaction.gasPrice;
-        // TODO(dekz): our pattern is to eth_call and estimateGas in parallel and return the result of eth_call validations
         const gas = await this._contractWrappers.exchange
             .executeTransaction(zeroExTransaction, signature)
             .estimateGasAsync({
diff --git a/src/services/swap_service.ts b/src/services/swap_service.ts
index 79f7a5b719..a0dd4c1ef2 100644
--- a/src/services/swap_service.ts
+++ b/src/services/swap_service.ts
@@ -282,12 +282,8 @@ export class SwapService {
     }
 
     private async _estimateGasOrThrowRevertErrorAsync(txData: Partial<TxData>): Promise<BigNumber> {
-        // Perform this concurrently
-        // if the call fails the gas estimation will also fail, we can throw a more helpful
-        // error message than gas estimation failure
-        const estimateGasPromise = this._web3Wrapper.estimateGasAsync(txData).catch(_e => 0);
-        await this._throwIfCallIsRevertErrorAsync(txData);
-        const gas = await estimateGasPromise;
+        const gas = await this._web3Wrapper.estimateGasAsync(txData);
+        await this._throwIfCallIsRevertErrorAsync({ ...txData, gas });
         return new BigNumber(gas);
     }