diff --git a/src/frontend/src/flows/register/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/flows/register/index.ts
index c26e17b613..70b40a0d30 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/flows/register/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/flows/register/index.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export const registerFlow = async ({
   await finalizeIdentity?.(userNumber);
   // We don't want to nudge the user with the recovery phrase warning page
   // right after they've created their anchor.
-  await result.connection.updateIdentityMetadata({
+  result.connection.updateIdentityMetadata({
     recoveryPageShownTimestampMillis: Date.now(),
   });
   await setAnchorUsed(userNumber);
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/repositories/identityMetadata.ts b/src/frontend/src/repositories/identityMetadata.ts
index 9359d48f97..fd2e6ae1b5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/repositories/identityMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/repositories/identityMetadata.ts
@@ -146,13 +146,11 @@ export class IdentityMetadataRepository {
    * @param {Partial<IdentityMetadata>} partialMetadata
    * @returns {Promise<void>} To indicate that the metadata has been set.
    */
-  updateMetadata = async (
-    partialMetadata: Partial<IdentityMetadata>
-  ): Promise<void> => {
+  updateMetadata = (partialMetadata: Partial<IdentityMetadata>) => {
     try {
-      this.metadata = Promise.resolve(
+      this.metadata = this.metadata.then((metadataMap) =>
         updateMetadataMapV2({
-          metadataMap: await this.metadata,
+          metadataMap: metadataMap,
           partialIdentityMetadata: partialMetadata,
         })
       );