diff --git a/lnwallet/channel.go b/lnwallet/channel.go
index 71fe56e3..0aa81435 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel.go
@@ -1969,8 +1969,8 @@ func NewBreachRetribution(chanState *channeldb.OpenChannel, stateNum uint64,
 	// With the commitment outputs located, we'll now generate all the
 	// retribution structs for each of the HTLC transactions active on the
 	// remote commitment transaction.
-	htlcRetributions := make([]HtlcRetribution, len(revokedSnapshot.Htlcs))
-	for i, htlc := range revokedSnapshot.Htlcs {
+	htlcRetributions := make([]HtlcRetribution, 0, len(revokedSnapshot.Htlcs))
+	for _, htlc := range revokedSnapshot.Htlcs {
 		var (
 			htlcScript []byte
 			err        error
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ func NewBreachRetribution(chanState *channeldb.OpenChannel, stateNum uint64,
 			}
 		}
 
-		htlcRetributions[i] = HtlcRetribution{
+		htlcRetributions = append(htlcRetributions, HtlcRetribution{
 			SignDesc: SignDescriptor{
 				KeyDesc:       chanState.LocalChanCfg.RevocationBasePoint,
 				DoubleTweak:   commitmentSecret,
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ func NewBreachRetribution(chanState *channeldb.OpenChannel, stateNum uint64,
 			},
 			SecondLevelWitnessScript: secondLevelWitnessScript,
 			IsIncoming:               htlc.Incoming,
-		}
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Finally, with all the necessary data constructed, we can create the