diff --git a/chainntnfs/bitcoindnotify/bitcoind.go b/chainntnfs/bitcoindnotify/bitcoind.go
index 9fd15b03c..5897d06f5 100644
--- a/chainntnfs/bitcoindnotify/bitcoind.go
+++ b/chainntnfs/bitcoindnotify/bitcoind.go
@@ -488,10 +488,6 @@ type spendCancel struct {
 func (b *BitcoindNotifier) RegisterSpendNtfn(outpoint *wire.OutPoint,
 	_ uint32) (*chainntnfs.SpendEvent, error) {
 
-	if err := b.chainConn.NotifySpent([]*wire.OutPoint{outpoint}); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	ntfn := &spendNotification{
 		targetOutpoint: outpoint,
 		spendChan:      make(chan *chainntnfs.SpendDetail, 1),
@@ -504,6 +500,10 @@ func (b *BitcoindNotifier) RegisterSpendNtfn(outpoint *wire.OutPoint,
 	case b.notificationRegistry <- ntfn:
 	}
 
+	if err := b.chainConn.NotifySpent([]*wire.OutPoint{outpoint}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// The following conditional checks to ensure that when a spend notification
 	// is registered, the output hasn't already been spent. If the output
 	// is no longer in the UTXO set, the chain will be rescanned from the point