diff --git a/lnwallet/channel.go b/lnwallet/channel.go
index f041d472..c98a5356 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel.go
@@ -1692,27 +1692,17 @@ func (lc *LightningChannel) restoreStateLogs(
 	pendingRemoteCommitDiff *channeldb.CommitDiff,
 	pendingRemoteKeys *CommitmentKeyRing) error {
 
-	// For each HTLC within the local commitment, we add it to the relevant
-	// update logc based on if it's incoming vs outgoing. For any incoming
-	// HTLC's, we also re-add it to the rHashMap so we can quickly look it
-	// up.
+	// For each incoming HTLC within the local commitment, we add it to the
+	// remote update log. Since HTLCs are added first to the receiver's
+	// commitment, we don't have to restore outgoing HTLCs, as they will be
+	// restored from the remote commitment below.
 	for i := range localCommitment.incomingHTLCs {
 		htlc := localCommitment.incomingHTLCs[i]
 		lc.remoteUpdateLog.restoreHtlc(&htlc)
 	}
-	for i := range localCommitment.outgoingHTLCs {
-		htlc := localCommitment.outgoingHTLCs[i]
-		lc.localUpdateLog.restoreHtlc(&htlc)
-	}
 
-	// We'll also do the same for the HTLC"s within the remote commitment
-	// party. We also insert these HTLC's as it's possible our state has
-	// diverged slightly in the case of a congruent update from both sides.
-	// The restoreHtlc method will de-dup the HTLC's to handle this case.
-	for i := range remoteCommitment.incomingHTLCs {
-		htlc := remoteCommitment.incomingHTLCs[i]
-		lc.remoteUpdateLog.restoreHtlc(&htlc)
-	}
+	// Similarly, we'll do the same for the outgoing HTLCs within the
+	// remote commitment, adding them to the local update log.
 	for i := range remoteCommitment.outgoingHTLCs {
 		htlc := remoteCommitment.outgoingHTLCs[i]
 		lc.localUpdateLog.restoreHtlc(&htlc)