diff --git a/channeldb/channel.go b/channeldb/channel.go
index 21468b7f3..2031b7b33 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel.go
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ var chanStatusStrings = map[ChannelStatus]string{
 
 // orderedChanStatusFlags is an in-order list of all that channel status flags.
 var orderedChanStatusFlags = []ChannelStatus{
-	ChanStatusDefault,
 	ChanStatusBorked,
 	ChanStatusCommitBroadcasted,
 	ChanStatusLocalDataLoss,
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ var orderedChanStatusFlags = []ChannelStatus{
 // String returns a human-readable representation of the ChannelStatus.
 func (c ChannelStatus) String() string {
 	// If no flags are set, then this is the default case.
-	if c == 0 {
+	if c == ChanStatusDefault {
 		return chanStatusStrings[ChanStatusDefault]
 	}
 
@@ -711,6 +710,12 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) HasChanStatus(status ChannelStatus) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *OpenChannel) hasChanStatus(status ChannelStatus) bool {
+	// Special case ChanStatusDefualt since it isn't actually flag, but a
+	// particular combination (or lack-there-of) of flags.
+	if status == ChanStatusDefault {
+		return c.chanStatus == ChanStatusDefault
+	}
+
 	return c.chanStatus&status == status
 }
 
diff --git a/channeldb/channel_test.go b/channeldb/channel_test.go
index eb068485e..6b1e0ab8b 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel_test.go
@@ -1581,3 +1581,62 @@ func TestBalanceAtHeight(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestHasChanStatus asserts the behavior of HasChanStatus by checking the
+// behavior of various status flags in addition to the special case of
+// ChanStatusDefault which is treated like a flag in the code base even though
+// it isn't.
+func TestHasChanStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		status ChannelStatus
+		expHas map[ChannelStatus]bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "default",
+			status: ChanStatusDefault,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault: true,
+				ChanStatusBorked:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "single flag",
+			status: ChanStatusBorked,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault: false,
+				ChanStatusBorked:  true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "multiple flags",
+			status: ChanStatusBorked | ChanStatusLocalDataLoss,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault:       false,
+				ChanStatusBorked:        true,
+				ChanStatusLocalDataLoss: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := &OpenChannel{
+				chanStatus: test.status,
+			}
+
+			for status, expHas := range test.expHas {
+				has := c.HasChanStatus(status)
+				if has == expHas {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				t.Fatalf("expected chan status to "+
+					"have %s? %t, got: %t",
+					status, expHas, has)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 492c8f04a..c6e2ae025 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -504,13 +504,9 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) (
 		// Skip adding any permanently irreconcilable channels to the
 		// htlcswitch.
 		switch {
-		case dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusBorked):
-			fallthrough
-		case dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusCommitBroadcasted):
-			fallthrough
-		case dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusCoopBroadcasted):
-			fallthrough
-		case dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusLocalDataLoss):
+		case !dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusDefault) &&
+			!dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusRestored):
+
 			peerLog.Warnf("ChannelPoint(%v) has status %v, won't "+
 				"start.", chanPoint, dbChan.ChanStatus())