diff --git a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d5911e9fb1..23d8e687e4a 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Ignore synthetic gas legs when determining Across support for perps direct deposits ([#8527](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/8527))
 - Route Across status polling through the configured Across API base and support `depositTxnRef`/`fillTxnRef` for Across status responses ([#8512](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/8512))
 
 ## [19.2.1]
diff --git a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.test.ts b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.test.ts
index e3620d83ad3..8d60ba13d94 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,86 @@ describe('AcrossStrategy', () => {
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('ignores synthetic gas legs for supported perps direct deposits', () => {
+    const strategy = new AcrossStrategy();
+    expect(
+      strategy.supports({
+        ...baseRequest,
+        transaction: {
+          ...TRANSACTION_META_MOCK,
+          type: TransactionType.perpsDeposit,
+        } as TransactionMeta,
+        requests: [
+          {
+            from: '0xabc' as Hex,
+            sourceBalanceRaw: '100',
+            sourceChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            sourceTokenAddress: ARBITRUM_USDC_ADDRESS,
+            sourceTokenAmount: '100',
+            targetAmountMinimum: '100',
+            targetChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            targetTokenAddress: ARBITRUM_USDC_ADDRESS,
+          },
+          {
+            from: '0xabc' as Hex,
+            sourceBalanceRaw: '100',
+            sourceChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            sourceTokenAddress: ARBITRUM_USDC_ADDRESS,
+            sourceTokenAmount: '100',
+            targetAmountMinimum: '0',
+            targetChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            targetTokenAddress:
+              '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000' as Hex,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false when all requests are synthetic zero-minimum legs', () => {
+    const strategy = new AcrossStrategy();
+    expect(
+      strategy.supports({
+        ...baseRequest,
+        requests: [
+          {
+            from: '0xabc' as Hex,
+            sourceBalanceRaw: '100',
+            sourceChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            sourceTokenAddress: ARBITRUM_USDC_ADDRESS,
+            sourceTokenAmount: '100',
+            targetAmountMinimum: '0',
+            targetChainId: CHAIN_ID_ARBITRUM,
+            targetTokenAddress:
+              '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000' as Hex,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('treats max-amount requests as actionable even with zero minimums', () => {
+    const strategy = new AcrossStrategy();
+    expect(
+      strategy.supports({
+        ...baseRequest,
+        requests: [
+          {
+            from: '0xabc' as Hex,
+            isMaxAmount: true,
+            sourceBalanceRaw: '100',
+            sourceChainId: '0x1' as Hex,
+            sourceTokenAddress: '0xabc' as Hex,
+            sourceTokenAmount: '100',
+            targetAmountMinimum: '0',
+            targetChainId: '0x2' as Hex,
+            targetTokenAddress: '0xdef' as Hex,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('returns false for unsupported perps deposits', () => {
     const strategy = new AcrossStrategy();
     expect(
diff --git a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.ts b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.ts
index 5643e58aff1..09d9269b9d5 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.ts
+++ b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/AcrossStrategy.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getPayStrategiesConfig } from '../../utils/feature-flags';
 import { getAcrossQuotes } from './across-quotes';
 import { submitAcrossQuotes } from './across-submit';
 import { isSupportedAcrossPerpsDepositRequest } from './perps';
+import { isAcrossQuoteRequest } from './requests';
 import type { AcrossQuote } from './types';
 
 export class AcrossStrategy implements PayStrategy<AcrossQuote> {
@@ -20,8 +21,14 @@ export class AcrossStrategy implements PayStrategy<AcrossQuote> {
       return false;
     }
 
+    const actionableRequests = request.requests.filter(isAcrossQuoteRequest);
+
+    if (actionableRequests.length === 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if (request.transaction?.type === TransactionType.perpsDeposit) {
-      return request.requests.every((singleRequest) =>
+      return actionableRequests.every((singleRequest) =>
         isSupportedAcrossPerpsDepositRequest(
           singleRequest,
           request.transaction?.type,
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ export class AcrossStrategy implements PayStrategy<AcrossQuote> {
     }
 
     // Across doesn't support same-chain swaps (e.g. mUSD conversions).
-    return request.requests.every(
+    return actionableRequests.every(
       (singleRequest) =>
         singleRequest.sourceChainId !== singleRequest.targetChainId,
     );
diff --git a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/across-quotes.ts b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/across-quotes.ts
index ee84439f0f2..b612c92aa0c 100644
--- a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/across-quotes.ts
+++ b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/across-quotes.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { estimateQuoteGasLimits } from '../../utils/quote-gas';
 import { getTokenFiatRate } from '../../utils/token';
 import { getAcrossDestination } from './across-actions';
 import { normalizeAcrossRequest } from './perps';
+import { isAcrossQuoteRequest } from './requests';
 import { getAcrossOrderedTransactions } from './transactions';
 import type {
   AcrossAction,
@@ -50,12 +51,7 @@ export async function getAcrossQuotes(
   log('Fetching quotes', requests);
 
   try {
-    const normalizedRequests = requests.filter(
-      (singleRequest) =>
-        singleRequest.isMaxAmount === true ||
-        (singleRequest.targetAmountMinimum !== undefined &&
-          singleRequest.targetAmountMinimum !== '0'),
-    );
+    const normalizedRequests = requests.filter(isAcrossQuoteRequest);
 
     if (normalizedRequests.length === 0) {
       return [];
diff --git a/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/requests.ts b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/requests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77b967af562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/transaction-pay-controller/src/strategy/across/requests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { QuoteRequest } from '../../types';
+
+export function isAcrossQuoteRequest(request: QuoteRequest): boolean {
+  return (
+    request.isMaxAmount === true ||
+    (request.targetAmountMinimum !== undefined &&
+      request.targetAmountMinimum !== '0')
+  );
+}