diff --git a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
index abbab5ff0a7..6581500d712 100644
--- a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
@@ -11035,9 +11035,10 @@ where
 			best_block.block_hash.write(writer)?;
 		}
 
+		let per_peer_state = self.per_peer_state.write().unwrap();
+
 		let mut serializable_peer_count: u64 = 0;
 		{
-			let per_peer_state = self.per_peer_state.read().unwrap();
 			let mut number_of_funded_channels = 0;
 			for (_, peer_state_mutex) in per_peer_state.iter() {
 				let mut peer_state_lock = peer_state_mutex.lock().unwrap();
@@ -11084,8 +11085,6 @@ where
 			decode_update_add_htlcs_opt = Some(decode_update_add_htlcs);
 		}
 
-		let per_peer_state = self.per_peer_state.write().unwrap();
-
 		let pending_inbound_payments = self.pending_inbound_payments.lock().unwrap();
 		let claimable_payments = self.claimable_payments.lock().unwrap();
 		let pending_outbound_payments = self.pending_outbound_payments.pending_outbound_payments.lock().unwrap();