diff --git a/channeldb/channel.go b/channeldb/channel.go
index f91c914d8..9d7d01bae 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel.go
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) RefreshShortChanID() error {
 	}
 
 	c.ShortChannelID = sid
+	c.Packager = NewChannelPackager(sid)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) MarkAsOpen(openLoc lnwire.ShortChannelID) error {
 
 	c.IsPending = false
 	c.ShortChannelID = openLoc
+	c.Packager = NewChannelPackager(openLoc)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1474,6 +1476,9 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) NextLocalHtlcIndex() (uint64, error) {
 // processed, and returns their deserialized log updates in map indexed by the
 // remote commitment height at which the updates were locked in.
 func (c *OpenChannel) LoadFwdPkgs() ([]*FwdPkg, error) {
+	c.RLock()
+	defer c.RUnlock()
+
 	var fwdPkgs []*FwdPkg
 	if err := c.Db.View(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		var err error
@@ -1489,6 +1494,9 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) LoadFwdPkgs() ([]*FwdPkg, error) {
 // SetFwdFilter atomically sets the forwarding filter for the forwarding package
 // identified by `height`.
 func (c *OpenChannel) SetFwdFilter(height uint64, fwdFilter *PkgFilter) error {
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+
 	return c.Db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		return c.Packager.SetFwdFilter(tx, height, fwdFilter)
 	})
@@ -1499,6 +1507,9 @@ func (c *OpenChannel) SetFwdFilter(height uint64, fwdFilter *PkgFilter) error {
 //
 // NOTE: This method should only be called on packages marked FwdStateCompleted.
 func (c *OpenChannel) RemoveFwdPkg(height uint64) error {
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+
 	return c.Db.Update(func(tx *bolt.Tx) error {
 		return c.Packager.RemovePkg(tx, height)
 	})
diff --git a/channeldb/channel_test.go b/channeldb/channel_test.go
index f7f331af7..efd36abbd 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel_test.go
@@ -898,6 +898,16 @@ func TestRefreshShortChanID(t *testing.T) {
 			"updated before refreshing short_chan_id")
 	}
 
+	// Now that the receiver's short channel id has been updated, check to
+	// ensure that the channel packager's source has been updated as well.
+	// This ensures that the packager will read and write to buckets
+	// corresponding to the new short chan id, instead of the prior.
+	if state.Packager.(*ChannelPackager).source != chanOpenLoc {
+		t.Fatalf("channel packager source was not updated: want %v, "+
+			"got %v", chanOpenLoc,
+			state.Packager.(*ChannelPackager).source)
+	}
+
 	// Now, refresh the short channel ID of the pending channel.
 	err = pendingChannel.RefreshShortChanID()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -911,4 +921,14 @@ func TestRefreshShortChanID(t *testing.T) {
 			"refreshed: want %v, got %v", state.ShortChanID(),
 			pendingChannel.ShortChanID())
 	}
+
+	// Check to ensure that the _other_ OpenChannel channel packager's
+	// source has also been updated after the refresh. This ensures that the
+	// other packagers will read and write to buckets corresponding to the
+	// updated short chan id.
+	if pendingChannel.Packager.(*ChannelPackager).source != chanOpenLoc {
+		t.Fatalf("channel packager source was not updated: want %v, "+
+			"got %v", chanOpenLoc,
+			pendingChannel.Packager.(*ChannelPackager).source)
+	}
 }