diff --git a/routing/result_interpretation.go b/routing/result_interpretation.go
index ad7f7d2fd..4118286e6 100644
--- a/routing/result_interpretation.go
+++ b/routing/result_interpretation.go
@@ -267,6 +267,21 @@ func (i *interpretedResult) processPaymentOutcomeFinal(
 		// destination correctly. Continue the payment process.
 		i.successPairRange(route, 0, n-1)
 
+	// We do not expect to receive an invalid blinding error from the final
+	// node in the route. This could erroneously happen in the following
+	// cases:
+	// 1. Unblinded node: misuses the error code.
+	// 2. A receiving introduction node: erroneously sends the error code,
+	//    as the spec indicates that receiving introduction nodes should
+	//    use regular errors.
+	//
+	// Note that we expect the case where this error is sent from a node
+	// after the introduction node to be handled elsewhere as this is part
+	// of a more general class of errors where the introduction node has
+	// failed to convert errors for the blinded route.
+	case *lnwire.FailInvalidBlinding:
+		failNode()
+
 	// All other errors are considered terminal if coming from the
 	// final hop. They indicate that something is wrong at the
 	// recipient, so we do apply a penalty.
diff --git a/routing/result_interpretation_test.go b/routing/result_interpretation_test.go
index 92ac255ff..bf7d6d3ed 100644
--- a/routing/result_interpretation_test.go
+++ b/routing/result_interpretation_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,21 @@ var (
 			{PubKeyBytes: hops[3], AmtToForward: 58},
 		},
 	}
+
+	// blindedIntroReceiver is a blinded path where the introduction node
+	// is the recipient.
+	blindedIntroReceiver = route.Route{
+		SourcePubKey: hops[0],
+		TotalAmount:  100,
+		Hops: []*route.Hop{
+			{PubKeyBytes: hops[1], AmtToForward: 95},
+			{
+				PubKeyBytes:   hops[2],
+				AmtToForward:  90,
+				BlindingPoint: blindingPoint,
+			},
+		},
+	}
 )
 
 func getTestPair(from, to int) DirectedNodePair {
@@ -574,6 +589,41 @@ var resultTestCases = []resultTestCase{
 			nodeFailure: &hops[1],
 		},
 	},
+	// A node in a non-blinded route returns a blinding related error.
+	{
+		name:          "final node unexpected blinding",
+		route:         &routeThreeHop,
+		failureSrcIdx: 3,
+		failure:       &lnwire.FailInvalidBlinding{},
+
+		expectedResult: &interpretedResult{
+			pairResults: map[DirectedNodePair]pairResult{
+				getTestPair(0, 1): successPairResult(100),
+				getTestPair(1, 2): successPairResult(99),
+				getTestPair(2, 3): failPairResult(0),
+				getTestPair(3, 2): failPairResult(0),
+			},
+			nodeFailure:        &hops[3],
+			finalFailureReason: &reasonError,
+		},
+	},
+	// Introduction node returns invalid blinding erroneously.
+	{
+		name:          "final node intro blinding",
+		route:         &blindedIntroReceiver,
+		failureSrcIdx: 2,
+		failure:       &lnwire.FailInvalidBlinding{},
+
+		expectedResult: &interpretedResult{
+			pairResults: map[DirectedNodePair]pairResult{
+				getTestPair(0, 1): successPairResult(100),
+				getTestPair(1, 2): failPairResult(0),
+				getTestPair(2, 1): failPairResult(0),
+			},
+			nodeFailure:        &hops[2],
+			finalFailureReason: &reasonError,
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 // TestResultInterpretation executes a list of test cases that test the result