diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.1.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.1.md
index 4cc4556fb0a..34bdad40622 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.1.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.1.md
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
   addresses](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10341) were added to
   the node announcement and `getinfo` output.
 
+* Fix a bug where [missing edges for own channels could not be added to the
+  graph DB](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10410)
+  due to validation checks in the graph Builder that were resurfaced after the
+  graph refactor work.
+
 # New Features
 
 ## Functional Enhancements
diff --git a/routing/localchans/manager.go b/routing/localchans/manager.go
index b1d281187d1..2c95bf5d098 100644
--- a/routing/localchans/manager.go
+++ b/routing/localchans/manager.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ type Manager struct {
 		error)
 
 	// AddEdge is used to add edge/channel to the topology of the router.
+	//
+	// NOTE: this is only used to recreate our own missing edges during
+	// policy updates. This is a workaround for the following issue:
+	// https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/7261
 	AddEdge func(ctx context.Context, edge *models.ChannelEdgeInfo) error
 
 	// policyUpdateLock ensures that the database and the link do not fall
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 1c2db3d9107..a666457a4b0 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1148,7 +1148,11 @@ func newServer(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, listenAddrs []net.Addr,
 		AddEdge: func(ctx context.Context,
 			edge *models.ChannelEdgeInfo) error {
 
-			return s.graphBuilder.AddEdge(ctx, edge)
+			// AddEdge is only called for our own local channels, so
+			// we skip the extra validation done by the graph
+			// builder here and instead write the edge directly to
+			// the graph database.
+			return s.graphDB.AddChannelEdge(ctx, edge)
 		},
 	}