diff --git a/routing/chainview/interface_test.go b/routing/chainview/interface_test.go
index c0cb2a5ee..fca3191f4 100644
--- a/routing/chainview/interface_test.go
+++ b/routing/chainview/interface_test.go
@@ -547,6 +547,14 @@ func testFilterBlockDisconnected(node *rpctest.Harness,
 	}
 	defer reorgNode.TearDown()
 
+	// We want to overwrite some of the connection settings to make the
+	// tests more robust. We might need to restart the backend while there
+	// are already blocks present, which will take a bit longer than the
+	// 1 second the default settings amount to. Doubling both values will
+	// give us retries up to 4 seconds.
+	reorgNode.MaxConnRetries = rpctest.DefaultMaxConnectionRetries * 2
+	reorgNode.ConnectionRetryTimeout = rpctest.DefaultConnectionRetryTimeout * 2
+
 	// This node's chain will be 105 blocks.
 	if err := reorgNode.SetUp(true, 5); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to set up mining node: %v", err)