diff --git a/gossipd/routing.c b/gossipd/routing.c
index 01c2dd8ed..80dc82779 100644
--- a/gossipd/routing.c
+++ b/gossipd/routing.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,16 @@ struct route_hop *get_route(const tal_t *ctx, struct routing_state *rstate,
 			   fuzz, &base_seed, max_hops, &fee);
 
 	/* Now restore the capacity. */
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < tal_count(excluded); i++) {
+	/* Restoring is done in reverse order, in order to properly
+	 * handle the case where a channel is indicated twice in
+	 * our input.
+	 * Entries in `saved_capacity` of that channel beyond the
+	 * first entry will be 0, only the first entry of that
+	 * channel will be the correct capacity.
+	 * By restoring in reverse order we ensure we can restore
+	 * the correct capacity.
+	 */
+	for (ssize_t i = tal_count(excluded) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		struct chan *chan = get_channel(rstate, &excluded[i].scid);
 		if (!chan)
 			continue;
diff --git a/tests/test_gossip.py b/tests/test_gossip.py
index e03dcc296..2d94f8774 100644
--- a/tests/test_gossip.py
+++ b/tests/test_gossip.py
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ def test_gossip_notices_close(node_factory, bitcoind):
     assert(l1.rpc.listnodes()['nodes'] == [])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(strict=True)
 def test_getroute_exclude_duplicate(node_factory):
     """Test that accidentally duplicating the same channel in
     the exclude list will not have permanent effects.