diff --git a/native/account/registration/avatar-selection.react.js b/native/account/registration/avatar-selection.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/avatar-selection.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/avatar-selection.react.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 type EthereumAccountSelections = {
   +accountType: 'ethereum',
   ...SIWEResult,
+  +avatarURI: ?string,
 };
 
 type UsernameAccountSelections = {
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@
       +clientAvatar: ClientAvatar,
     };
 
+const ensDefaultSelection = {
+  needsUpload: false,
+  updateUserAvatarRequest: { type: 'ens' },
+  clientAvatar: { type: 'ens' },
+};
+
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RegistrationNavigationProp<'AvatarSelection'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'AvatarSelection'>,
@@ -72,7 +79,15 @@
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
   const { setRegistrationMode } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
-  const [avatarData, setAvatarData] = React.useState<?AvatarData>();
+  const prefetchedAvatarURI =
+    accountSelections.accountType === 'ethereum'
+      ? accountSelections.avatarURI
+      : undefined;
+
+  const [avatarData, setAvatarData] = React.useState<?AvatarData>(
+    prefetchedAvatarURI ? ensDefaultSelection : undefined,
+  );
+
   const setClientAvatarFromSelection = React.useCallback(
     (selection: UserAvatarSelection) => {
       if (selection.needsUpload) {
@@ -128,7 +143,11 @@
         <Text style={styles.header}>Pick an avatar</Text>
         <View style={styles.stagedAvatarSection}>
           <View style={styles.editUserAvatar}>
-            <EditUserAvatar userInfo={userInfoOverride} disabled={false} />
+            <EditUserAvatar
+              userInfo={userInfoOverride}
+              disabled={false}
+              prefetchedAvatarURI={prefetchedAvatarURI}
+            />
           </View>
         </View>
       </RegistrationContentContainer>
diff --git a/native/account/registration/connect-ethereum.react.js b/native/account/registration/connect-ethereum.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/connect-ethereum.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/connect-ethereum.react.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   exactSearchUser,
   exactSearchUserActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
+import { ENSCacheContext } from 'lib/components/ens-cache-provider.react.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { SIWEResult } from 'lib/types/siwe-types.js';
 import {
@@ -127,10 +128,23 @@
   const exactSearchUserCall = useServerCall(exactSearchUser);
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
+  const cacheContext = React.useContext(ENSCacheContext);
+  const { ensCache } = cacheContext;
+
   const onSuccessfulWalletSignature = React.useCallback(
     async (result: SIWEResult) => {
       const searchPromise = exactSearchUserCall(result.address);
       dispatchActionPromise(exactSearchUserActionTypes, searchPromise);
+
+      // We want to figure out if the user has an ENS avatar now
+      // so that we can default to the ENS avatar in AvatarSelection
+      const avatarURIPromise = (async () => {
+        if (!ensCache) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        return await ensCache.getAvatarURIForAddress(result.address);
+      })();
+
       const { userInfo } = await searchPromise;
 
       if (userInfo) {
@@ -141,11 +155,14 @@
         return;
       }
 
+      const avatarURI = await avatarURIPromise;
+
       const newUserSelections = {
         ...userSelections,
         accountSelections: {
           accountType: 'ethereum',
           ...result,
+          avatarURI,
         },
       };
       navigate<'AvatarSelection'>({
@@ -153,7 +170,13 @@
         params: { userSelections: newUserSelections },
       });
     },
-    [userSelections, exactSearchUserCall, dispatchActionPromise, navigate],
+    [
+      userSelections,
+      exactSearchUserCall,
+      dispatchActionPromise,
+      navigate,
+      ensCache,
+    ],
   );
 
   let siwePanel;
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 
 type Props =
   | { +userID: ?string, +disabled?: boolean }
-  | { +userInfo: ?GenericUserInfoWithAvatar, +disabled?: boolean };
+  | {
+      +userInfo: ?GenericUserInfoWithAvatar,
+      +disabled?: boolean,
+      +prefetchedAvatarURI: ?string,
+    };
 function EditUserAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@
     () => getETHAddressForUserInfo(userInfo),
     [userInfo],
   );
-  const ensAvatarURI = useENSAvatar(ethAddress);
+  const fetchedENSAvatarURI = useENSAvatar(ethAddress);
+  const ensAvatarURI = fetchedENSAvatarURI ?? props.prefetchedAvatarURI;
 
   const { navigate } = useNavigation();