diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 2fa70bea..e00d8bd1 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -4043,7 +4043,7 @@ func (r *rpcServer) GetNetworkInfo(ctx context.Context,
 	// TODO(roasbeef): also add oldest channel?
 	netInfo := &lnrpc.NetworkInfo{
 		MaxOutDegree:         maxChanOut,
-		AvgOutDegree:         float64(numChannels) / float64(numNodes),
+		AvgOutDegree:         float64(2*numChannels) / float64(numNodes),
 		NumNodes:             numNodes,
 		NumChannels:          numChannels,
 		TotalNetworkCapacity: int64(totalNetworkCapacity),