diff --git a/routing/pathfind.go b/routing/pathfind.go
index b9c6cf48..44c0cb99 100644
--- a/routing/pathfind.go
+++ b/routing/pathfind.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func computeFee(amt btcutil.Amount, edge *ChannelHop) btcutil.Amount {
 // isSamePath returns true if path1 and path2 travel through the exact same
 // edges, and false otherwise.
 func isSamePath(path1, path2 []*ChannelHop) bool {
+	if len(path1) != len(path2) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	for i := 0; i < len(path1); i++ {
 		if path1[i].ChannelID != path2[i].ChannelID {
 			return false
diff --git a/routing/router_test.go b/routing/router_test.go
index b965916e..9b363fdc 100644
--- a/routing/router_test.go
+++ b/routing/router_test.go
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ func TestFindRoutesFeeSorting(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Exactly, two such paths should be found.
 	if len(routes) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("2 routes shouldn't been selected, instead %v were: ",
-			len(routes))
+		t.Fatalf("2 routes shouldn't been selected, instead %v were: %v",
+			len(routes), spew.Sdump(routes))
 	}
 
 	// The paths should properly be ranked according to their total fee