diff --git a/channeldb/graph.go b/channeldb/graph.go
index 25c59f5f714..68d5b87c98e 100644
--- a/channeldb/graph.go
+++ b/channeldb/graph.go
@@ -1513,10 +1513,10 @@ func (c *ChannelGraph) NodeUpdatesInHorizon(startTime, endTime time.Time) ([]Lig
 }
 
 // FilterKnownChanIDs takes a set of channel IDs and return the subset of chan
-// ID's that we don't know of in the passed set. In other words, we perform a
-// set difference of our set of chan ID's and the ones passed in. This method
-// can be used by callers to determine the set of channels ta peer knows of
-// that we don't.
+// ID's that we don't know and are not known zombies of the passed set. In other
+// words, we perform a set difference of our set of chan ID's and the ones
+// passed in. This method can be used by callers to determine the set of
+// channels another peer knows of that we don't.
 func (c *ChannelGraph) FilterKnownChanIDs(chanIDs []uint64) ([]uint64, error) {
 	var newChanIDs []uint64
 
@@ -1530,15 +1530,31 @@ func (c *ChannelGraph) FilterKnownChanIDs(chanIDs []uint64) ([]uint64, error) {
 			return ErrGraphNoEdgesFound
 		}
 
+		// Fetch the zombie index, it may not exist if no edges have
+		// ever been marked as zombies. If the index has been
+		// initialized, we will use it later to skip known zombie edges.
+		zombieIndex := edges.Bucket(zombieBucket)
+
 		// We'll run through the set of chanIDs and collate only the
 		// set of channel that are unable to be found within our db.
 		var cidBytes [8]byte
 		for _, cid := range chanIDs {
 			byteOrder.PutUint64(cidBytes[:], cid)
 
-			if v := edgeIndex.Get(cidBytes[:]); v == nil {
-				newChanIDs = append(newChanIDs, cid)
+			// If the edge is already known, skip it.
+			if v := edgeIndex.Get(cidBytes[:]); v != nil {
+				continue
 			}
+
+			// If the edge is a known zombie, skip it.
+			if zombieIndex != nil {
+				isZombie, _, _ := isZombieEdge(zombieIndex, cid)
+				if isZombie {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			newChanIDs = append(newChanIDs, cid)
 		}
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/channeldb/graph_test.go b/channeldb/graph_test.go
index f8df644876c..c2ae2ab2ccd 100644
--- a/channeldb/graph_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/graph_test.go
@@ -1741,6 +1741,24 @@ func TestFilterKnownChanIDs(t *testing.T) {
 		chanIDs = append(chanIDs, chanID.ToUint64())
 	}
 
+	const numZombies = 5
+	zombieIDs := make([]uint64, 0, numZombies)
+	for i := 0; i < numZombies; i++ {
+		channel, chanID := createEdge(
+			uint32(i*10+1), 0, 0, 0, node1, node2,
+		)
+		if err := graph.AddChannelEdge(&channel); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to create channel edge: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := graph.MarkEdgeZombie(
+			chanID.ToUint64(), node1.PubKeyBytes, node2.PubKeyBytes,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to mark edge zombie: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		zombieIDs = append(zombieIDs, chanID.ToUint64())
+	}
+
 	queryCases := []struct {
 		queryIDs []uint64
 
@@ -1751,6 +1769,11 @@ func TestFilterKnownChanIDs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			queryIDs: chanIDs,
 		},
+		// If we attempt to filter out all zombies that we know of, the
+		// response should be the empty set.
+		{
+			queryIDs: zombieIDs,
+		},
 
 		// If we query for a set of ID's that we didn't insert, we
 		// should get the same set back.