diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
index 658779676..4add94242 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ minimum version needed to build the project.
 * [Update Tor module](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6526) to 
   allow the option to encrypt the private key on disk.
 
+* [Fixed potential data race on funding manager
+  restart](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6929).
+
 ## `lncli`
 * [Add an `insecure` flag to skip tls auth as well as a `metadata` string slice
   flag](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6818) that allows the 
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ minimum version needed to build the project.
 * ErikEk
 * hieblmi
 * Jesse de Wit
+* Matt Morehouse
 * Olaoluwa Osuntokun
 * Oliver Gugger
 * Priyansh Rastogi
diff --git a/funding/manager.go b/funding/manager.go
index d10872bf6..500d4426c 100644
--- a/funding/manager.go
+++ b/funding/manager.go
@@ -634,7 +634,9 @@ func (f *Manager) start() error {
 			f.newChanBarriers[chanID] = make(chan struct{})
 			f.barrierMtx.Unlock()
 
+			f.localDiscoveryMtx.Lock()
 			f.localDiscoverySignals[chanID] = make(chan struct{})
+			f.localDiscoveryMtx.Unlock()
 
 			// Rebroadcast the funding transaction for any pending
 			// channel that we initiated. No error will be returned