diff --git a/routing/integrated_routing_context_test.go b/routing/integrated_routing_context_test.go
index eb66ac37..96c85d5f 100644
--- a/routing/integrated_routing_context_test.go
+++ b/routing/integrated_routing_context_test.go
@@ -68,10 +68,19 @@ func newIntegratedRoutingContext(t *testing.T) *integratedRoutingContext {
 	return &ctx
 }
 
+// htlcAttempt records the route and outcome of an attempted htlc.
+type htlcAttempt struct {
+	route   *route.Route
+	success bool
+}
+
 // testPayment launches a test payment and asserts that it is completed after
 // the expected number of attempts.
-func (c *integratedRoutingContext) testPayment(expectedNofAttempts int) {
-	var nextPid uint64
+func (c *integratedRoutingContext) testPayment() []htlcAttempt {
+	var (
+		nextPid  uint64
+		attempts []htlcAttempt
+	)
 
 	// Create temporary database for mission control.
 	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "*.db")
@@ -147,8 +156,14 @@ func (c *integratedRoutingContext) testPayment(expectedNofAttempts int) {
 			c.t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
+		success := htlcResult.failure == nil
+		attempts = append(attempts, htlcAttempt{
+			route:   route,
+			success: success,
+		})
+
 		// Process the result.
-		if htlcResult.failure == nil {
+		if success {
 			err := mc.ReportPaymentSuccess(pid, route)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.t.Fatal(err)
@@ -177,11 +192,9 @@ func (c *integratedRoutingContext) testPayment(expectedNofAttempts int) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c.t.Logf("Payment attempts: %v\n", nextPid)
-	if expectedNofAttempts != int(nextPid) {
-		c.t.Fatalf("expected %v attempts, but needed %v",
-			expectedNofAttempts, nextPid)
-	}
+	c.t.Logf("Payment attempts: %v\n", len(attempts))
+
+	return attempts
 }
 
 // getNodeIndex returns the zero-based index of the given node in the route.
diff --git a/routing/integrated_routing_test.go b/routing/integrated_routing_test.go
index 19df17a3..ccd22117 100644
--- a/routing/integrated_routing_test.go
+++ b/routing/integrated_routing_test.go
@@ -47,11 +47,17 @@ func TestProbabilityExtrapolation(t *testing.T) {
 	// a specific number of attempts to safe-guard against accidental
 	// modifications anywhere in the chain of components that is involved in
 	// this test.
-	ctx.testPayment(5)
+	attempts := ctx.testPayment()
+	if len(attempts) != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 5 attempts, but needed %v", len(attempts))
+	}
 
 	// If we use a static value for the node probability (no extrapolation
 	// of data from other channels), all ten bad channels will be tried
 	// first before switching to the paid channel.
 	ctx.mcCfg.AprioriWeight = 1
-	ctx.testPayment(11)
+	attempts = ctx.testPayment()
+	if len(attempts) != 11 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 11 attempts, but needed %v", len(attempts))
+	}
 }