diff --git a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
index 524f0ed3158..b4dba7d0ff1 100644
--- a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
@@ -1177,10 +1177,20 @@ impl<T: Time> Readable for ChannelLiquidity<T> {
 			(2, max_liquidity_offset_msat, required),
 			(4, duration_since_epoch, required),
 		});
+		// On rust prior to 1.60 `Instant::duration_since` will panic if time goes backwards.
+		// Because we calculate "now" against wallclock time when we were written are reloading
+		// here, we may cause time to go backwards if wallclock time is before when we were
+		// written. Thus, we check if we'd end up with a time in the future and just use `now`
+		// instead to avoid panicing later.
+		let wall_clock_now = T::duration_since_epoch();
+		let now = T::now();
+		let last_updated = if wall_clock_now > duration_since_epoch {
+			now - (wall_clock_now - duration_since_epoch)
+		} else { now };
 		Ok(Self {
 			min_liquidity_offset_msat,
 			max_liquidity_offset_msat,
-			last_updated: T::now() - (T::duration_since_epoch() - duration_since_epoch),
+			last_updated,
 		})
 	}
 }