diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a5beee62..1ba1309e6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 v3.10.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/invoices/sql_migration.go b/invoices/sql_migration.go
index 2ee41fd41..7a0791e25 100644
--- a/invoices/sql_migration.go
+++ b/invoices/sql_migration.go
@@ -6,17 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graph/db/models"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lntypes"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb/sqlc"
-	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
@@ -53,11 +50,6 @@ var (
 	//
 	//   addIndexNo => invoiceKey
 	addIndexBucket = []byte("invoice-add-index")
-
-	// ErrMigrationMismatch is returned when the migrated invoice does not
-	// match the original invoice.
-	ErrMigrationMismatch = fmt.Errorf("migrated invoice does not match " +
-		"original invoice")
 )
 
 // createInvoiceHashIndex generates a hash index that contains payment hashes
@@ -548,24 +540,9 @@ func migrateInvoices(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlc.Queries,
 		// Override the add index before checking for equality.
 		migratedInvoice.AddIndex = invoice.AddIndex
 
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(invoice, *migratedInvoice) {
-			diff := difflib.UnifiedDiff{
-				A: difflib.SplitLines(
-					spew.Sdump(invoice),
-				),
-				B: difflib.SplitLines(
-					spew.Sdump(migratedInvoice),
-				),
-				FromFile: "Expected",
-				FromDate: "",
-				ToFile:   "Actual",
-				ToDate:   "",
-				Context:  3,
-			}
-			diffText, _ := difflib.GetUnifiedDiffString(diff)
-
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v.\n%v", ErrMigrationMismatch,
-				paymentHash, diffText)
+		err = sqldb.CompareRecords(invoice, *migratedInvoice, "invoice")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/sqldb/go.mod b/sqldb/go.mod
index f1c64416f..52846e151 100644
--- a/sqldb/go.mod
+++ b/sqldb/go.mod
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ module github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb
 
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2 v2.0.1-0.20250602222548-9967d19bb084
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4 v4.17.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.14.3
 	github.com/jackc/pgerrcode v0.0.0-20240316143900-6e2875d9b438
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 v3.10.0
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8
 	modernc.org/sqlite v1.29.10
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20241003133417-09c4e92e319c // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.17+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.2 // indirect
diff --git a/sqldb/migrations.go b/sqldb/migrations.go
index 53d71e390..98c63734d 100644
--- a/sqldb/migrations.go
+++ b/sqldb/migrations.go
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2"
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/source/httpfs"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb/sqlc"
+	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -71,6 +74,11 @@ var (
 			// user if necessary.
 		},
 	}, migrationAdditions...)
+
+	// ErrMigrationMismatch is returned when a migrated record does not
+	// match the original record.
+	ErrMigrationMismatch = fmt.Errorf("migrated record does not match " +
+		"original record")
 )
 
 // MigrationConfig is a configuration struct that describes SQL migrations. Each
@@ -472,3 +480,25 @@ func ApplyMigrations(ctx context.Context, db *BaseDB,
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// CompareRecords checks if the original and migrated objects are equal. If
+// they are not, it returns an error with a unified diff of the two objects.
+func CompareRecords(original, migrated any, identifier string) error {
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(original, migrated) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	diff := difflib.UnifiedDiff{
+		A:        difflib.SplitLines(spew.Sdump(original)),
+		B:        difflib.SplitLines(spew.Sdump(migrated)),
+		FromFile: "Expected",
+		FromDate: "",
+		ToFile:   "Actual",
+		ToDate:   "",
+		Context:  3,
+	}
+	diffText, _ := difflib.GetUnifiedDiffString(diff)
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s.\n%v", ErrMigrationMismatch, identifier,
+		diffText)
+}