diff --git a/routing/router.go b/routing/router.go
index 637d5ec6..e830edaa 100644
--- a/routing/router.go
+++ b/routing/router.go
@@ -821,6 +821,13 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) FindRoutes(target *btcec.PublicKey, amt btcutil.Amount)
 		return nil, newErrf(ErrTargetNotInNetwork, "target not found")
 	}
 
+	// We'll also fetch the current block height so we can properly
+	// calculate the required HTLC time locks within the route.
+	_, currentHeight, err := r.cfg.Chain.GetBestBlock()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Now that we know the destination is reachable within the graph,
 	// we'll execute our KSP algorithm to find the k-shortest paths from
 	// our source to the destination.
@@ -839,7 +846,7 @@ func (r *ChannelRouter) FindRoutes(target *btcec.PublicKey, amt btcutil.Amount)
 		// Attempt to make the path into a route. We snip off the first
 		// hop in the path as it contains a "self-hop" that is inserted
 		// by our KSP algorithm.
-		route, err := newRoute(amt, path[1:])
+		route, err := newRoute(amt, path[1:], uint32(currentHeight))
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}