diff --git a/payments/db/interface.go b/payments/db/interface.go
index 5368d53d3..616906c73 100644
--- a/payments/db/interface.go
+++ b/payments/db/interface.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type PaymentReader interface {
 		paymentHash lntypes.Hash) (*MPPayment, error)
 
 	// FetchInFlightPayments returns all payments with status InFlight.
-	FetchInFlightPayments() ([]*MPPayment, error)
+	FetchInFlightPayments(ctx context.Context) ([]*MPPayment, error)
 }
 
 // PaymentWriter represents the interface to write operations to the payments
diff --git a/payments/db/kv_store.go b/payments/db/kv_store.go
index 86b37edcf..1b48cac67 100644
--- a/payments/db/kv_store.go
+++ b/payments/db/kv_store.go
@@ -741,7 +741,9 @@ func fetchPaymentStatus(bucket kvdb.RBucket) (PaymentStatus, error) {
 }
 
 // FetchInFlightPayments returns all payments with status InFlight.
-func (p *KVStore) FetchInFlightPayments() ([]*MPPayment, error) {
+func (p *KVStore) FetchInFlightPayments(_ context.Context) ([]*MPPayment,
+	error) {
+
 	var (
 		inFlights      []*MPPayment
 		start          = time.Now()
diff --git a/payments/db/payment_test.go b/payments/db/payment_test.go
index 8954f8a5a..cc1c6e919 100644
--- a/payments/db/payment_test.go
+++ b/payments/db/payment_test.go
@@ -2740,6 +2740,8 @@ func TestQueryPayments(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFetchInFlightPayments(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	ctx := t.Context()
+
 	paymentDB, _ := NewTestDB(t)
 
 	// Register payments with different statuses:
@@ -2765,7 +2767,7 @@ func TestFetchInFlightPayments(t *testing.T) {
 	assertDBPayments(t, paymentDB, payments)
 
 	// Fetch in-flight payments.
-	inFlightPayments, err := paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	inFlightPayments, err := paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// We should only get the two in-flight payments.
@@ -2795,7 +2797,7 @@ func TestFetchInFlightPayments(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Fetch in-flight payments again.
-	inFlightPayments, err = paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	inFlightPayments, err = paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// We should now only get one in-flight payment.
@@ -2812,6 +2814,8 @@ func TestFetchInFlightPayments(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFetchInFlightPaymentsMultipleAttempts(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	ctx := t.Context()
+
 	paymentDB, _ := NewTestDB(t)
 
 	preimg, err := genPreimage(t)
@@ -2843,7 +2847,7 @@ func TestFetchInFlightPaymentsMultipleAttempts(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Both attempts are in-flight. Fetch in-flight payments.
-	inFlightPayments, err := paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	inFlightPayments, err := paymentDB.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// We should only get one payment even though it has 2 in-flight
diff --git a/payments/db/sql_store.go b/payments/db/sql_store.go
index 94233649e..7fad7cc7e 100644
--- a/payments/db/sql_store.go
+++ b/payments/db/sql_store.go
@@ -972,11 +972,9 @@ func (s *SQLStore) FetchPayment(ctx context.Context,
 // While inflight payments are typically a small subset, this would improve
 // memory efficiency for nodes with unusually high numbers of concurrent
 // payments and would better leverage the existing pagination infrastructure.
-func (s *SQLStore) FetchInFlightPayments() ([]*MPPayment,
+func (s *SQLStore) FetchInFlightPayments(ctx context.Context) ([]*MPPayment,
 	error) {
 
-	ctx := context.TODO()
-
 	var mpPayments []*MPPayment
 
 	err := s.db.ExecTx(ctx, sqldb.ReadTxOpt(), func(db SQLQueries) error {
diff --git a/routing/control_tower.go b/routing/control_tower.go
index 310289487..718dca3ff 100644
--- a/routing/control_tower.go
+++ b/routing/control_tower.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ type ControlTower interface {
 	FailPayment(lntypes.Hash, paymentsdb.FailureReason) error
 
 	// FetchInFlightPayments returns all payments with status InFlight.
-	FetchInFlightPayments() ([]*paymentsdb.MPPayment, error)
+	FetchInFlightPayments(ctx context.Context) ([]*paymentsdb.MPPayment,
+		error)
 
 	// SubscribePayment subscribes to updates for the payment with the given
 	// hash. A first update with the current state of the payment is always
@@ -286,10 +287,10 @@ func (p *controlTower) FailPayment(paymentHash lntypes.Hash,
 }
 
 // FetchInFlightPayments returns all payments with status InFlight.
-func (p *controlTower) FetchInFlightPayments() ([]*paymentsdb.MPPayment,
-	error) {
+func (p *controlTower) FetchInFlightPayments(
+	ctx context.Context) ([]*paymentsdb.MPPayment, error) {
 
-	return p.db.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	return p.db.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 }
 
 // SubscribePayment subscribes to updates for the payment with the given hash. A
@@ -342,6 +343,8 @@ func (p *controlTower) SubscribePayment(paymentHash lntypes.Hash) (
 func (p *controlTower) SubscribeAllPayments() (ControlTowerSubscriber, error) {
 	subscriber := newControlTowerSubscriber()
 
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	// Add the subscriber to the list before fetching in-flight payments, so
 	// no events are missed. If a payment attempt update occurs after
 	// appending and before fetching in-flight payments, an out-of-order
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ func (p *controlTower) SubscribeAllPayments() (ControlTowerSubscriber, error) {
 	p.subscribersMtx.Unlock()
 
 	log.Debugf("Scanning for inflight payments")
-	inflightPayments, err := p.db.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	inflightPayments, err := p.db.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/routing/mock_test.go b/routing/mock_test.go
index 556601ecd..b30627165 100644
--- a/routing/mock_test.go
+++ b/routing/mock_test.go
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func (m *mockControlTowerOld) fetchPayment(phash lntypes.Hash) (
 	return mp, nil
 }
 
-func (m *mockControlTowerOld) FetchInFlightPayments() (
+func (m *mockControlTowerOld) FetchInFlightPayments(_ context.Context) (
 	[]*paymentsdb.MPPayment, error) {
 
 	if m.fetchInFlight != nil {
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ func (m *mockControlTower) FetchPayment(_ context.Context,
 	return payment, args.Error(1)
 }
 
-func (m *mockControlTower) FetchInFlightPayments() (
+func (m *mockControlTower) FetchInFlightPayments(_ context.Context) (
 	[]*paymentsdb.MPPayment, error) {
 
 	args := m.Called()
diff --git a/routing/router.go b/routing/router.go
index 8aa5acf5a..2aa5745e9 100644
--- a/routing/router.go
+++ b/routing/router.go
@@ -1417,9 +1417,11 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) BuildRoute(amt fn.Option[lnwire.MilliSatoshi],
 // resumePayments fetches inflight payments and resumes their payment
 // lifecycles.
 func (r *ChannelRouter) resumePayments() error {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
 	// Get all payments that are inflight.
 	log.Debugf("Scanning for inflight payments")
-	payments, err := r.cfg.Control.FetchInFlightPayments()
+	payments, err := r.cfg.Control.FetchInFlightPayments(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}