diff --git a/channeldb/revocation_log_test.go b/channeldb/revocation_log_test.go
index 1b17c9b28..35866c3cf 100644
--- a/channeldb/revocation_log_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/revocation_log_test.go
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ func TestSerializeRevocationLog(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Copy the testRevocationLog.
 	rl := testRevocationLog
+	rl.HTLCEntries = []*HTLCEntry{&testHTLCEntry}
 
 	// Write the tlv stream.
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
index cae2f7f8c..c05eda2a8 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ from occurring that would result in an erroneous force close.](https://github.co
 * [Minor fix](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6535) to
   how bitcoind.rpccookie and bitocind.config are parsed from config file.
 
+* [Fix a data race found when running unit test for revocation log](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6594).
+
+
 ## RPC Server
 
 * [Add value to the field