diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsView.swift b/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsView.swift
index a8de1b99de3..2ab051d2654 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsView.swift	
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsView.swift	
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ extension BraveRewardsViewController {
             $0.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 12)
         }
         
-        let publisherView = BraveRewardsPublisherView()
+        let publisherView = BraveRewardsPublisherView().then {
+            $0.isHidden = true
+        }
         let statusView = BraveRewardsStatusView()
         let legacyWalletTransferButton = LegacyWalletTransferButton().then {
             $0.isHidden = true
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsViewController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsViewController.swift
index a31834c07be..04ed4bd59cd 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsViewController.swift	
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Brave Rewards/Panel/BraveRewardsViewController.swift	
@@ -94,12 +94,16 @@ class BraveRewardsViewController: UIViewController, Themeable, PopoverContentCom
     }
     
     private func reloadData() {
-        guard let ledger = self.rewards.ledger else { return }
+        guard let ledger = self.rewards.ledger else {
+            self.rewardsView.statusView.setVisibleStatus(status: .rewardsOff, animated: false)
+            return
+        }
         if !self.rewards.isEnabled {
             self.rewardsView.statusView.setVisibleStatus(status: .rewardsOff, animated: false)
             self.rewardsView.publisherView.isHidden = true
         } else {
             if let url = self.tab.url, !url.isLocal {
+                self.rewardsView.publisherView.isHidden = false
                 self.rewardsView.publisherView.hostLabel.text = url.baseDomain
                 ledger.fetchPublisherActivity(from: url, faviconURL: nil, publisherBlob: nil, tabId: UInt64(self.tab.rewardsId))
             } else {