diff --git a/packages/ui/src/accounts/hooks/useTransactionFee.ts b/packages/ui/src/accounts/hooks/useTransactionFee.ts
index 7570a2ab9f..9c0e405c41 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/accounts/hooks/useTransactionFee.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/accounts/hooks/useTransactionFee.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,24 @@
 import { SubmittableExtrinsic } from '@polkadot/api/types'
 import { ISubmittableResult } from '@polkadot/types/types'
 import BN from 'bn.js'
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
-import { map, takeUntil, timer, merge, switchAll, defaultIfEmpty, of, Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs'
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
 
 import { BN_ZERO } from '@/common/constants'
+import { useDefaultAfterTimeout } from '@/common/hooks/useDefaultAfterTimeout'
 import { useObservable } from '@/common/hooks/useObservable'
 import { useTransactionStatus } from '@/common/hooks/useTransactionStatus'
 import { Address } from '@/common/types'
+import { whenDefined } from '@/common/utils'
 
 import { useBalance } from './useBalance'
 
-const defaultWhenTimeout =
-  <T>(fallback: T, timeout: number) =>
-  (source: Observable<T>) =>
-    source.pipe(
-      takeUntil(timer(timeout)),
-      defaultIfEmpty(fallback),
-      map((data) => merge(of(data), source)),
-      switchAll()
-    )
-
 export function useTransactionFee(address?: Address, transaction?: SubmittableExtrinsic<'rxjs', ISubmittableResult>) {
   const { status, setStatus } = useTransactionStatus()
-  const transactionStream = useRef(new Subject<Observable<BN>>())
-  const partialFee = useObservable(
-    transactionStream.current.pipe(
-      map((observable, index) => (index === 0 ? observable.pipe(defaultWhenTimeout(BN_ZERO, 1000)) : observable)),
-      switchAll()
-    ),
-    []
+  const paymentInfo = useObservable(
+    whenDefined(address, (address) => transaction?.paymentInfo(address)),
+    [transaction, address]
   )
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (transaction && address) {
-      transactionStream.current.next(
-        transaction.paymentInfo(address).pipe(map((paymentInfo) => paymentInfo.partialFee))
-      )
-    }
-  }, [transaction, address])
-
+  const partialFee = useDefaultAfterTimeout<BN>(paymentInfo?.partialFee, 3000, BN_ZERO)
   const balance = useBalance(address)
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/common/hooks/useDefaultAfterTimeout.ts b/packages/ui/src/common/hooks/useDefaultAfterTimeout.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71fc86051f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/common/hooks/useDefaultAfterTimeout.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { DependencyList, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+import { isDefined } from '@/common/utils'
+
+export const useDefaultAfterTimeout = <T>(
+  value: T | undefined,
+  delay: number,
+  defaultValue: T,
+  deps: DependencyList = [value]
+) => {
+  const [result, setResult] = useState(value)
+
+  useEffect(() => value && setResult(value), [deps])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isDefined(result)) {
+      const timeout = setTimeout(() => setResult(defaultValue), delay)
+      return () => clearTimeout(timeout)
+    }
+  }, [result])
+
+  return result
+}