diff --git a/gossipd/gossip_store.c b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
index eb809c062..9f14577c1 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossip_store.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
@@ -624,10 +624,18 @@ truncate_nomsg:
 		status_failed(STATUS_FAIL_INTERNAL_ERROR,
 			      "Truncating store: %s", strerror(errno));
 out:
+	gs->writable = true;
+	/* If we ever truncated, we might have a dangling channel_announce */
+	if (chan_ann) {
+		struct broadcastable bcast;
+		bcast.index = chan_ann_off;
+		status_unusual("Deleting un-updated channel_announcement @%"
+			       PRIu64, chan_ann_off);
+		gossip_store_delete(gs, &bcast, WIRE_CHANNEL_ANNOUNCEMENT);
+	}
 	status_trace("total store load time: %"PRIu64" msec",
 		     time_to_msec(time_between(time_now(), start)));
 	status_trace("gossip_store: Read %zu/%zu/%zu/%zu cannounce/cupdate/nannounce/cdelete from store (%zu deleted) in %"PRIu64" bytes",
 		     stats[0], stats[1], stats[2], stats[3], gs->deleted,
 		     gs->len);
-	gs->writable = true;
 }