diff --git a/routing/missioncontrol.go b/routing/missioncontrol.go
index 5d91e69cb..2c1ca116c 100644
--- a/routing/missioncontrol.go
+++ b/routing/missioncontrol.go
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ func NewMissionControl(db kvdb.Backend, self route.Vertex,
 func (m *MissionControl) init() error {
 	log.Debugf("Mission control state reconstruction started")
 
+	m.Lock()
+	defer m.Unlock()
+
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	results, err := m.store.fetchAll()
@@ -314,6 +317,9 @@ func (m *MissionControl) ReportPaymentFail(paymentID uint64, rt *route.Route,
 	failureSourceIdx *int, failure lnwire.FailureMessage) (
 	*channeldb.FailureReason, error) {
 
+	m.Lock()
+	defer m.Unlock()
+
 	timestamp := m.now()
 
 	result := &paymentResult{
@@ -334,6 +340,9 @@ func (m *MissionControl) ReportPaymentFail(paymentID uint64, rt *route.Route,
 func (m *MissionControl) ReportPaymentSuccess(paymentID uint64,
 	rt *route.Route) error {
 
+	m.Lock()
+	defer m.Unlock()
+
 	timestamp := m.now()
 
 	result := &paymentResult{
@@ -376,10 +385,6 @@ func (m *MissionControl) applyPaymentResult(
 		result.failure,
 	)
 
-	// Update mission control state using the interpretation.
-	m.Lock()
-	defer m.Unlock()
-
 	if i.policyFailure != nil {
 		if m.state.requestSecondChance(
 			result.timeReply,