diff --git a/common/utils.c b/common/utils.c
index a9ed0f23c..311de3e0a 100644
--- a/common/utils.c
+++ b/common/utils.c
@@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ void tal_wally_end(const tal_t *parent)
 {
 	tal_t *p;
 	while ((p = tal_first(wally_tal_ctx)) != NULL) {
-		if (p != parent)
+		if (p != parent) {
+#if DEVELOPER
+			/* Don't steal backtrace from wally_tal_ctx! */
+			if (tal_name(p) && streq(tal_name(p), "backtrace")) {
+				tal_free(p);
+				continue;
+			}
+#endif /* DEVELOPER */
 			tal_steal(parent, p);
+		}
 	}
 	wally_tal_ctx = tal_free(wally_tal_ctx);
 }