diff --git a/channeldb/invoice_test.go b/channeldb/invoice_test.go
index aca845d5..4f3ee5dd 100644
--- a/channeldb/invoice_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/invoice_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestInvoiceWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add the invoice to the database, this should succeed as there aren't
 	// any existing invoices within the database with the same payment
 	// hash.
-	if err := db.AddInvoice(fakeInvoice); err != nil {
+	if _, err := db.AddInvoice(fakeInvoice); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to find invoice: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestInvoiceWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Attempt to insert generated above again, this should fail as
 	// duplicates are rejected by the processing logic.
-	if err := db.AddInvoice(fakeInvoice); err != ErrDuplicateInvoice {
+	if _, err := db.AddInvoice(fakeInvoice); err != ErrDuplicateInvoice {
 		t.Fatalf("invoice insertion should fail due to duplication, "+
 			"instead %v", err)
 	}
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestInvoiceWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unable to create invoice: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := db.AddInvoice(invoice); err != nil {
+		if _, err := db.AddInvoice(invoice); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unable to add invoice %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestInvoiceAddTimeSeries(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unable to create invoice: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := db.AddInvoice(invoice); err != nil {
+		if _, err := db.AddInvoice(invoice); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unable to add invoice %v", err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/channeldb/invoices.go b/channeldb/invoices.go
index a6fe0df9..a05f57df 100644
--- a/channeldb/invoices.go
+++ b/channeldb/invoices.go
@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ func validateInvoice(i *Invoice) error {
 // has *any* payment hashes which already exists within the database, then the
 // insertion will be aborted and rejected due to the strict policy banning any
 // duplicate payment hashes.
-func (d *DB) AddInvoice(newInvoice *Invoice) error {
+func (d *DB) AddInvoice(newInvoice *Invoice) (uint64, error) {
 	if err := validateInvoice(newInvoice); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	var invoiceAddIndex uint64
 	err := d.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		invoices, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists(invoiceBucket)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -227,15 +228,21 @@ func (d *DB) AddInvoice(newInvoice *Invoice) error {
 			invoiceNum = byteOrder.Uint32(invoiceCounter)
 		}
 
-		return putInvoice(
+		newIndex, err := putInvoice(
 			invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex, newInvoice, invoiceNum,
 		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		invoiceAddIndex = newIndex
+		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	return err
+	return invoiceAddIndex, err
 }
 
 // InvoicesAddedSince can be used by callers to seek into the event time series
@@ -501,7 +508,7 @@ func (d *DB) InvoicesSettledSince(sinceSettleIndex uint64) ([]Invoice, error) {
 }
 
 func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
-	i *Invoice, invoiceNum uint32) error {
+	i *Invoice, invoiceNum uint32) (uint64, error) {
 
 	// Create the invoice key which is just the big-endian representation
 	// of the invoice number.
@@ -514,7 +521,7 @@ func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
 	invoiceCounter := invoiceNum + 1
 	byteOrder.PutUint32(scratch[:], invoiceCounter)
 	if err := invoiceIndex.Put(numInvoicesKey, scratch[:]); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	// Add the payment hash to the invoice index. This will let us quickly
@@ -523,7 +530,7 @@ func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
 	paymentHash := sha256.Sum256(i.Terms.PaymentPreimage[:])
 	err := invoiceIndex.Put(paymentHash[:], invoiceKey[:])
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	// Next, we'll obtain the next add invoice index (sequence
@@ -531,7 +538,7 @@ func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
 	// event stream.
 	nextAddSeqNo, err := addIndex.NextSequence()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	// With the next sequence obtained, we'll updating the event series in
@@ -540,7 +547,7 @@ func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
 	var seqNoBytes [8]byte
 	byteOrder.PutUint64(seqNoBytes[:], nextAddSeqNo)
 	if err := addIndex.Put(seqNoBytes[:], invoiceKey[:]); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	i.AddIndex = nextAddSeqNo
@@ -548,10 +555,14 @@ func putInvoice(invoices, invoiceIndex, addIndex *bolt.Bucket,
 	// Finally, serialize the invoice itself to be written to the disk.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	if err := serializeInvoice(&buf, i); err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return 0, nil
 	}
 
-	return invoices.Put(invoiceKey[:], buf.Bytes())
+	if err := invoices.Put(invoiceKey[:], buf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return nextAddSeqNo, nil
 }
 
 func serializeInvoice(w io.Writer, i *Invoice) error {