diff --git a/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go b/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
index 668e78401..f0cc40491 100644
--- a/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
+++ b/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ func (b *BtcWallet) SendOutputs(outputs []*wire.TxOut,
 	// SendOutputs.
 	feeSatPerKB := btcutil.Amount(feeRate.FeePerKVByte())
 
+	// Sanity check outputs.
+	if len(outputs) < 1 {
+		return nil, lnwallet.ErrNoOutputs
+	}
 	return b.wallet.SendOutputs(outputs, defaultAccount, 1, feeSatPerKB)
 }
 
@@ -321,6 +325,9 @@ func (b *BtcWallet) CreateSimpleTx(outputs []*wire.TxOut,
 	feeSatPerKB := btcutil.Amount(feeRate.FeePerKVByte())
 
 	// Sanity check outputs.
+	if len(outputs) < 1 {
+		return nil, lnwallet.ErrNoOutputs
+	}
 	for _, output := range outputs {
 		err := txrules.CheckOutput(output, feeSatPerKB)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/lnwallet/interface.go b/lnwallet/interface.go
index 66c9d8a54..d3f53a0e0 100644
--- a/lnwallet/interface.go
+++ b/lnwallet/interface.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ var (
 	ErrNotMine = errors.New("the passed output doesn't belong to the wallet")
 )
 
+// ErrNoOutputs is returned if we try to create a transaction with no outputs
+// or send coins to a set of outputs that is empty.
+var ErrNoOutputs = errors.New("no outputs")
+
 // Utxo is an unspent output denoted by its outpoint, and output value of the
 // original output.
 type Utxo struct {