diff --git a/payments/db/migration1/migration_validation.go b/payments/db/migration1/migration_validation.go
index e97c3db40..e6f8bdd48 100644
--- a/payments/db/migration1/migration_validation.go
+++ b/payments/db/migration1/migration_validation.go
@@ -299,6 +299,17 @@ func normalizePaymentForCompare(payment *MPPayment) {
 		htlc.circuit = nil
 		htlc.cachedSessionKey = nil
 
+		// For legacy payments, the HTLC Hash field may be nil in the
+		// bbolt backend. During migration, the SQL code uses the
+		// parent payment hash as fallback. To ensure the comparison
+		// between bbolt and SQL data succeeds, we apply the same
+		// fallback here.
+		//
+		// See also: patchLegacyPaymentHash in payment_lifecycle.go.
+		if htlc.Hash == nil && payment.Info != nil {
+			htlc.Hash = &payment.Info.PaymentIdentifier
+		}
+
 		if len(htlc.Route.FirstHopWireCustomRecords) == 0 {
 			htlc.Route.FirstHopWireCustomRecords =
 				lnwire.CustomRecords{}
diff --git a/payments/db/migration1/sql_migration.go b/payments/db/migration1/sql_migration.go
index a7a02af5b..626b25a61 100644
--- a/payments/db/migration1/sql_migration.go
+++ b/payments/db/migration1/sql_migration.go
@@ -364,20 +364,23 @@ func migrateHTLCAttempt(ctx context.Context, paymentID int64,
 	parentPaymentHash lntypes.Hash, htlc *HTLCAttempt, sqlDB SQLQueries,
 	stats *MigrationStats) error {
 
-	// Validate that we have a payment hash for the attempt.
+	// Determine the payment hash for this HTLC attempt.
 	//
-	// NOTE: We always require an attempt payment hash. A missing hash is an
-	// unrecoverable inconsistency. All payments should have a payment hash
-	// (AMP,MPP,Legacy)
+	// For AMP payments, each HTLC has its own unique hash. For non-AMP
+	// payments (MPP, Legacy), all HTLCs use the same hash as the parent
+	// payment. Older payment attempts may not have the hash stored
+	// explicitly, in which case we fall back to the parent payment hash
+	// which is ok since non-AMP payments have a single hash for all HTLCs.
 	var paymentHash []byte
 	switch {
 	case htlc.Hash != nil:
 		paymentHash = (*htlc.Hash)[:]
 
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("HTLC attempt %d missing payment hash "+
-			"(parent payment hash=%x)", htlc.AttemptID,
-			parentPaymentHash[:])
+		// For older payments where Hash is nil, use the parent payment
+		// hash. This is consistent with how the router handles these
+		// legacy payments.
+		paymentHash = parentPaymentHash[:]
 	}
 
 	firstHopAmountMsat := int64(htlc.Route.FirstHopAmount.Val.Int())