diff --git a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
index 08cbb6f6bf7..6fee055d72b 100644
--- a/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs
@@ -1315,6 +1315,11 @@ enum BackgroundEvent {
 		channel_id: ChannelId,
 		highest_update_id_completed: u64,
 	},
+	/// A channel had blocked monitor updates waiting on startup. If the updates were blocked on
+	/// an MPP claim blocker not written to disk, we may be able to unblock them now.
+	///
+	/// This event is never written to disk.
+	AttemptUnblockMonitorUpdates { counterparty_node_id: PublicKey, channel_id: ChannelId },
 }
 
 /// A pointer to a channel that is unblocked when an event is surfaced
@@ -8310,6 +8315,12 @@ impl<
 						&counterparty_node_id,
 					);
 				},
+				BackgroundEvent::AttemptUnblockMonitorUpdates {
+					counterparty_node_id,
+					channel_id,
+				} => {
+					self.handle_monitor_update_release(counterparty_node_id, channel_id, None);
+				},
 			}
 		}
 		NotifyOption::DoPersist
@@ -9598,6 +9609,7 @@ This indicates a bug inside LDK. Please report this error at https://github.com/
 												channel_id, ..
 											} =>
 												*channel_id == prev_channel_id,
+											BackgroundEvent::AttemptUnblockMonitorUpdates { .. } => false,
 										}
 									});
 								assert!(
@@ -18664,6 +18676,14 @@ impl<
 						log_error!(logger, " Please ensure the chain::Watch API requirements are met and file a bug report at https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning");
 						return Err(DecodeError::DangerousValue);
 					}
+					if funded_chan.blocked_monitor_updates_pending() > 0 {
+						pending_background_events.push(
+							BackgroundEvent::AttemptUnblockMonitorUpdates {
+								counterparty_node_id: *counterparty_id,
+								channel_id: *chan_id,
+							},
+						);
+					}
 				} else {
 					// We shouldn't have persisted (or read) any unfunded channel types so none should have been
 					// created in this `channel_by_id` map.