diff --git a/discovery/syncer.go b/discovery/syncer.go
index b6adb447a6d..cdb041d99bd 100644
--- a/discovery/syncer.go
+++ b/discovery/syncer.go
@@ -835,12 +835,6 @@ func (g *GossipSyncer) processChanRangeReply(msg *lnwire.ReplyChannelRange) erro
 	}
 
 	g.prevReplyChannelRange = msg
-	if len(msg.Timestamps) != 0 &&
-		len(msg.Timestamps) != len(msg.ShortChanIDs) {
-
-		return fmt.Errorf("number of timestamps not equal to " +
-			"number of SCIDs")
-	}
 
 	for i, scid := range msg.ShortChanIDs {
 		info := channeldb.NewChannelUpdateInfo(
diff --git a/lnwire/reply_channel_range.go b/lnwire/reply_channel_range.go
index ea45a5843ce..591fc2bd60b 100644
--- a/lnwire/reply_channel_range.go
+++ b/lnwire/reply_channel_range.go
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ func (c *ReplyChannelRange) Decode(r io.Reader, pver uint32) error {
 	// Set the corresponding TLV types if they were included in the stream.
 	if val, ok := typeMap[TimestampsRecordType]; ok && val == nil {
 		c.Timestamps = timeStamps
+
+		// Check that a timestamp was provided for each SCID.
+		if len(c.Timestamps) != len(c.ShortChanIDs) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("number of timestamps does not " +
+				"match number of SCIDs")
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(tlvRecords) != 0 {