diff --git a/routing/router.go b/routing/router.go
index 1775d08e..5f7c1631 100644
--- a/routing/router.go
+++ b/routing/router.go
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) syncChannelGraph(syncReq *syncRequest) error {
 			chanID = lnwire.NewChanIDFromInt(e1.ChannelID)
 		case e2 != nil:
 			chanID = lnwire.NewChanIDFromInt(e2.ChannelID)
+		case e1 == nil && e2 == nil:
+			return nil
 		default:
 			chanID = lnwire.NewChanIDFromInt(e1.ChannelID)
 		}
diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 23aa2ba7..95de1dc2 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -1601,6 +1601,8 @@ func (r *rpcServer) GetNetworkInfo(context.Context, *lnrpc.NetworkInfoRequest) (
 			chanCapacity = c2.Capacity
 		case c2 == nil:
 			chanCapacity = c1.Capacity
+		case c1 == nil && c2 == nil:
+			return nil
 		default:
 			chanCapacity = c1.Capacity
 		}