diff --git a/lnd_test.go b/lnd_test.go
index eed2bc56..73cf7f73 100644
--- a/lnd_test.go
+++ b/lnd_test.go
@@ -576,10 +576,20 @@ func calcStaticFee(numHTLCs int) btcutil.Amount {
 func completePaymentRequests(ctx context.Context, client lnrpc.LightningClient,
 	paymentRequests []string, awaitResponse bool) error {
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	// We start by getting the current state of the client's channels. This
+	// is needed to ensure the payments actually have been committed before
+	// we return.
+	ctxt, _ := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultTimeout)
+	req := &lnrpc.ListChannelsRequest{}
+	listResp, err := client.ListChannels(ctxt, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ctxc, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	payStream, err := client.SendPayment(ctx)
+	payStream, err := client.SendPayment(ctxc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -605,11 +615,40 @@ func completePaymentRequests(ctx context.Context, client lnrpc.LightningClient,
 					resp.PaymentError)
 			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		// We are not waiting for feedback in the form of a response, but we
-		// should still wait long enough for the server to receive and handle
-		// the send before cancelling the request.
-		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// We are not waiting for feedback in the form of a response, but we
+	// should still wait long enough for the server to receive and handle
+	// the send before cancelling the request. We wait for the number of
+	// updates to one of our channels has increased before we return.
+	err = lntest.WaitPredicate(func() bool {
+		ctxt, _ = context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultTimeout)
+		newListResp, err := client.ListChannels(ctxt, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		for _, c1 := range listResp.Channels {
+			for _, c2 := range newListResp.Channels {
+				if c1.ChannelPoint != c2.ChannelPoint {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// If this channel has an increased numbr of
+				// updates, we assume the payments are
+				// committed, and we can return.
+				if c2.NumUpdates > c1.NumUpdates {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}, time.Second*15)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil