diff --git a/chainntnfs/btcdnotify/btcd.go b/chainntnfs/btcdnotify/btcd.go
index 2f77e308b..a93726e24 100644
--- a/chainntnfs/btcdnotify/btcd.go
+++ b/chainntnfs/btcdnotify/btcd.go
@@ -508,10 +508,6 @@ type spendCancel struct {
 func (b *BtcdNotifier) 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),
@@ -524,6 +520,10 @@ func (b *BtcdNotifier) 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