diff --git a/src/App.native.tsx b/src/App.native.tsx
index c22a66e824..f985b96a57 100644
--- a/src/App.native.tsx
+++ b/src/App.native.tsx
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {KeyboardControllerProvider} from '#/lib/hooks/useEnableKeyboardController'
 import {QueryProvider} from '#/lib/react-query'
-import {
-  initialize,
-  Provider as StatsigProvider,
-  tryFetchGates,
-} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
+import {Provider as StatsigProvider, tryFetchGates} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {s} from '#/lib/styles'
 import {ThemeProvider} from '#/lib/ThemeContext'
 import I18nProvider from '#/locale/i18nProvider'
@@ -101,7 +97,6 @@ function InnerApp() {
         if (account) {
           await resumeSession(account)
         } else {
-          await initialize()
           await tryFetchGates(undefined, 'prefer-fresh-gates')
         }
       } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/lib/statsig/statsig.tsx b/src/lib/statsig/statsig.tsx
index 51d7eb98e5..21fa4bb57c 100644
--- a/src/lib/statsig/statsig.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/statsig/statsig.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import {Gate} from './gates'
 
 const SDK_KEY = 'client-SXJakO39w9vIhl3D44u8UupyzFl4oZ2qPIkjwcvuPsV'
 
+export const initPromise = initialize()
+
 type StatsigUser = {
   userID: string | undefined
   // TODO: Remove when enough users have custom.platform:
@@ -219,9 +221,6 @@ export async function tryFetchGates(
       // Use this for less common operations where the user would be OK with a delay.
       timeoutMs = 1500
     }
-    // Note: This condition is currently false the very first render because
-    // Statsig has not initialized yet. In the future, we can fix this by
-    // doing the initialization ourselves instead of relying on the provider.
     if (Statsig.initializeCalled()) {
       await Promise.race([
         timeout(timeoutMs),