diff --git a/gossipd/gossip_store.c b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
index 023e74a4f..92a025b1c 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossip_store.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ void gossip_store_load(struct routing_state *rstate, struct gossip_store *gs)
 			bad = "Unknown message";
 			goto truncate;
 		}
-		known_good += sizeof(belen) + msglen;
+		known_good += sizeof(belen) + sizeof(becsum) + msglen;
 		gs->count++;
 		tal_free(msg);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/test_gossip.py b/tests/test_gossip.py
index 220fb4344..d43201d8a 100644
--- a/tests/test_gossip.py
+++ b/tests/test_gossip.py
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ def test_gossip_store_load(node_factory):
 
     l1.start()
     # May preceed the Started msg waited for in 'start'.
-    wait_for(lambda: l1.daemon.is_in_log('gossip_store: Read 1/1/1/0 cannounce/cupdate/nannounce/cdelete from store in 744 bytes'))
+    wait_for(lambda: l1.daemon.is_in_log('gossip_store: Read 1/1/1/0 cannounce/cupdate/nannounce/cdelete from store in 756 bytes'))
     assert not l1.daemon.is_in_log('gossip_store.*truncating')