diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
index 34df2cc2c9..14c22157da 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ async function wrapTx (api: ApiPromise, currentItem: QueueTx, { isMultiCall, mul
 
 async function extractParams (api: ApiPromise, address: string, options: Partial<SignerOptions>, getLedger: () => Ledger, setQrState: (state: QrState) => void): Promise<['qr' | 'signing', string, Partial<SignerOptions>]> {
   const pair = keyring.getPair(address);
-  const { meta: { accountOffset, addressOffset, isExternal, isHardware, isInjected, source } } = pair;
+  const { meta: { accountOffset, addressOffset, isExternal, isHardware, isInjected, isProxied, source } } = pair;
 
   if (isHardware) {
     return ['signing', address, { ...options, signer: new LedgerSigner(api.registry, getLedger, accountOffset as number || 0, addressOffset as number || 0) }];
-  } else if (isExternal) {
+  } else if (isExternal && !isProxied) {
     return ['qr', address, { ...options, signer: new QrSigner(api.registry, setQrState) }];
   } else if (isInjected) {
     const injected = await web3FromSource(source as string);
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts b/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
index 863a11a1be..9582c5b047 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export function extractExternal (accountId: string | null): AddressFlags {
   }
 
   const pair = keyring.getPair(publicKey);
-  const isUnlockable = !pair.meta.isExternal && !pair.meta.isHardware && !pair.meta.isInjected;
+  const { isExternal, isHardware, isInjected, isMultisig, isProxied } = pair.meta;
+  const isUnlockable = !isExternal && !isHardware && !isInjected;
 
   if (isUnlockable) {
     const entry = lockCountdown[pair.address];
@@ -58,10 +59,10 @@ export function extractExternal (accountId: string | null): AddressFlags {
     accountOffset: pair.meta.accountOffset as number || 0,
     addressOffset: pair.meta.addressOffset as number || 0,
     hardwareType: pair.meta.hardwareType as string,
-    isHardware: !!pair.meta.isHardware,
-    isMultisig: !!pair.meta.isMultisig,
-    isProxied: !!pair.meta.isProxied,
-    isQr: !!pair.meta.isExternal && !pair.meta.isMultisig && !pair.meta.isProxied && !pair.meta.isHardware,
+    isHardware: !!isHardware,
+    isMultisig: !!isMultisig,
+    isProxied: !!isProxied,
+    isQr: !!isExternal && !isMultisig && !isProxied && !isHardware && !isInjected,
     isUnlockable: isUnlockable && pair.isLocked,
     threshold: (pair.meta.threshold as number) || 0,
     who: ((pair.meta.who as string[]) || []).map(recodeAddress)