diff --git a/lightningd/channel.c b/lightningd/channel.c
index f5af2a18a..b98c9ec12 100644
--- a/lightningd/channel.c
+++ b/lightningd/channel.c
@@ -963,6 +963,10 @@ void channel_set_billboard(struct channel *channel, bool perm, const char *str)
 
 static void channel_err(struct channel *channel, const char *why)
 {
+	/* Nothing to do if channel isn't actually owned! */
+	if (!channel->owner)
+		return;
+
 	log_info(channel->log, "Peer transient failure in %s: %s",
 		 channel_state_name(channel), why);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_connection.py b/tests/test_connection.py
index 0d46f2074..7baeb95b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_connection.py
@@ -4379,7 +4379,6 @@ def test_peer_disconnected_reflected_in_channel_state(node_factory):
     wait_for(lambda: only_one(l1.rpc.listpeerchannels(l2.info['id'])['channels'])['peer_connected'] is False)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(strict=True)
 @pytest.mark.developer("needs dev-no-reconnect")
 def test_reconnect_no_additional_transient_failure(node_factory, bitcoind):
     l1, l2 = node_factory.line_graph(2, opts=[{'may_reconnect': True},