diff --git a/channeldb/channel.go b/channeldb/channel.go
index 21468b7f..e2e6658d 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel.go
@@ -711,6 +711,12 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) HasChanStatus(status ChannelStatus) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *OpenChannel) hasChanStatus(status ChannelStatus) bool {
+	// Special case ChanStatusDefualt since it isn't actually flag, but a
+	// particular combination (or lack-there-of) of flags.
+	if status == ChanStatusDefault {
+		return c.chanStatus == ChanStatusDefault
+	}
+
 	return c.chanStatus&status == status
 }
 
diff --git a/channeldb/channel_test.go b/channeldb/channel_test.go
index eb068485..6b1e0ab8 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel_test.go
@@ -1581,3 +1581,62 @@ func TestBalanceAtHeight(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestHasChanStatus asserts the behavior of HasChanStatus by checking the
+// behavior of various status flags in addition to the special case of
+// ChanStatusDefault which is treated like a flag in the code base even though
+// it isn't.
+func TestHasChanStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		status ChannelStatus
+		expHas map[ChannelStatus]bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "default",
+			status: ChanStatusDefault,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault: true,
+				ChanStatusBorked:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "single flag",
+			status: ChanStatusBorked,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault: false,
+				ChanStatusBorked:  true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "multiple flags",
+			status: ChanStatusBorked | ChanStatusLocalDataLoss,
+			expHas: map[ChannelStatus]bool{
+				ChanStatusDefault:       false,
+				ChanStatusBorked:        true,
+				ChanStatusLocalDataLoss: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := &OpenChannel{
+				chanStatus: test.status,
+			}
+
+			for status, expHas := range test.expHas {
+				has := c.HasChanStatus(status)
+				if has == expHas {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				t.Fatalf("expected chan status to "+
+					"have %s? %t, got: %t",
+					status, expHas, has)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}