diff --git a/lnwallet/channel.go b/lnwallet/channel.go
index f10f20a7..9ed768e1 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel.go
@@ -5640,14 +5640,24 @@ func (lc *LightningChannel) ForceClose() (*LocalForceCloseSummary, error) {
 	lc.Lock()
 	defer lc.Unlock()
 
+	// If we've detected local data loss for this channel, then we won't
+	// allow a force close, as it may be the case that we have a dated
+	// version of the commitment, or this is actually a channel shell.
+	if lc.channelState.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusLocalDataLoss) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot force close channel with "+
+			"state: %v", lc.channelState.ChanStatus())
+	}
+
 	commitTx, err := lc.getSignedCommitTx()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	localCommitment := lc.channelState.LocalCommitment
-	summary, err := NewLocalForceCloseSummary(lc.channelState,
-		lc.Signer, lc.pCache, commitTx, localCommitment)
+	summary, err := NewLocalForceCloseSummary(
+		lc.channelState, lc.Signer, lc.pCache, commitTx,
+		localCommitment,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/lnwallet/channel_test.go b/lnwallet/channel_test.go
index e1c88e9e..f9e4821a 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel_test.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/chainntnfs"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 )
 
@@ -6274,3 +6275,33 @@ func TestChannelRestoreCommitHeight(t *testing.T) {
 	bobChannel = restoreAndAssertCommitHeights(t, bobChannel, true, 0, 2, 1)
 	bobChannel = restoreAndAssertCommitHeights(t, bobChannel, true, 1, 2, 2)
 }
+
+// TestForceCloseFailLocalDataLoss tests that we don't allow a force close of a
+// channel that's in a non-default state.
+func TestForceCloseFailLocalDataLoss(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	aliceChannel, _, cleanUp, err := CreateTestChannels()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to create test channels: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer cleanUp()
+
+	// Now that we have our set of channels, we'll modify the channel state
+	// to have a non-default channel flag.
+	err = aliceChannel.channelState.ApplyChanStatus(
+		channeldb.ChanStatusLocalDataLoss,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to apply channel state: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Due to the change above, if we attempt to force close this
+	// channel, we should fail as it isn't safe to force close a
+	// channel that isn't in the pure default state.
+	_, err = aliceChannel.ForceClose()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected force close to fail due to non-default " +
+			"chan state")
+	}
+}