diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.3.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.3.md
index 372be529c..3b72ec42d 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.3.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.3.md
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ commitment when the channel was force closed.
   in the `ReplyChannelRange` msg and introduced a check that ChanUpdates with a
   timestamp too far into the future will be discarded.
 
+* [Fixed](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9026) a bug where we
+would create a blinded route with a minHTLC greater than the actual payment
+amount. Moreover remove strict correlation between min_cltv_delta and the
+blinded path expiry.
+
 # New Features
 ## Functional Enhancements
 ## RPC Additions
diff --git a/routing/blindedpath/blinded_path.go b/routing/blindedpath/blinded_path.go
index 19a6edcaa..bc14daa40 100644
--- a/routing/blindedpath/blinded_path.go
+++ b/routing/blindedpath/blinded_path.go
@@ -82,7 +82,16 @@ type BuildBlindedPathCfg struct {
 	MinFinalCLTVExpiryDelta uint32
 
 	// BlocksUntilExpiry is the number of blocks that this blinded path
-	// should remain valid for.
+	// should remain valid for. This is a relative number of blocks. This
+	// number in addition with a potential minimum cltv delta for the last
+	// hop and some block padding will be the payment constraint which is
+	// part of the blinded hop info. Every htlc using the provided blinded
+	// hops cannot have a higher cltv delta otherwise it will get rejected
+	// by the forwarding nodes or the final node.
+	//
+	// This number should at least be greater than the invoice expiry time
+	// so that the blinded route is always valid as long as the invoice is
+	// valid.
 	BlocksUntilExpiry uint32
 
 	// MinNumHops is the minimum number of hops that each blinded path
@@ -105,13 +114,6 @@ type BuildBlindedPathCfg struct {
 func BuildBlindedPaymentPaths(cfg *BuildBlindedPathCfg) (
 	[]*zpay32.BlindedPaymentPath, error) {
 
-	if cfg.MinFinalCLTVExpiryDelta >= cfg.BlocksUntilExpiry {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("blinded path CLTV expiry delta (%d) "+
-			"must be greater than the minimum final CLTV expiry "+
-			"delta (%d)", cfg.BlocksUntilExpiry,
-			cfg.MinFinalCLTVExpiryDelta)
-	}
-
 	// Find some appropriate routes for the value to be routed. This will
 	// return a set of routes made up of real nodes.
 	routes, err := cfg.FindRoutes(cfg.ValueMsat)
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ func BuildBlindedPaymentPaths(cfg *BuildBlindedPathCfg) (
 			continue
 		} else if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Not using route (%s) as a blinded path: %v",
-				err)
+				route, err)
 
 			continue
 		}
@@ -435,11 +437,27 @@ func collectRelayInfo(cfg *BuildBlindedPathCfg, path *candidatePath) (
 			}
 		}
 
-		policy, err = cfg.AddPolicyBuffer(policy)
+		if policy.MinHTLCMsat > cfg.ValueMsat {
+			return nil, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: minHTLC of hop "+
+				"policy larger than payment amt: sentAmt(%v), "+
+				"minHTLC(%v)", errInvalidBlindedPath,
+				cfg.ValueMsat, policy.MinHTLCMsat)
+		}
+
+		bufferPolicy, err := cfg.AddPolicyBuffer(policy)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, 0, err
 		}
 
+		// We only use the new buffered policy if the new minHTLC value
+		// does not violate the sender amount.
+		//
+		// NOTE: We don't check this for maxHTLC, because the payment
+		// amount can always be splitted using MPP.
+		if bufferPolicy.MinHTLCMsat <= cfg.ValueMsat {
+			policy = bufferPolicy
+		}
+
 		// If this is the first policy we are collecting, then use this
 		// policy to set the base values for min/max htlc.
 		if len(hops) == 0 {