diff --git a/htlcswitch/switch.go b/htlcswitch/switch.go
index ec8155b01f..bc0e8e7f7f 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/switch.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/switch.go
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ out:
 func (s *Switch) Start() error {
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&s.started, 0, 1) {
 		log.Warn("Htlc Switch already started")
+
 		return errors.New("htlc switch already started")
 	}
 
@@ -1782,15 +1783,19 @@ func (s *Switch) Start() error {
 		s.htlcForwarder()
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		s.Stop()
+		// We are already stopping so we can ignore the error.
+		_ = s.Stop()
 		err = fmt.Errorf("unable to start htlc forwarder: %w", err)
 		log.Errorf("%v", err)
+
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if err := s.reforwardResponses(); err != nil {
-		s.Stop()
+		// We are already stopping so we can ignore the error.
+		_ = s.Stop()
 		log.Errorf("unable to reforward responses: %v", err)
+
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -1798,6 +1803,7 @@ func (s *Switch) Start() error {
 		// We are already stopping so we can ignore the error.
 		_ = s.Stop()
 		log.Errorf("unable to reforward resolutions: %v", err)
+
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/htlcswitch/switch_test.go b/htlcswitch/switch_test.go
index 3912cb1621..1f9576ec81 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/switch_test.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/switch_test.go
@@ -1780,7 +1780,9 @@ func TestSwitchForwardCircuitPersistence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cdb2, err := channeldb.Open(tempPath)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to reopen channeldb")
-	t.Cleanup(func() { cdb2.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(t, cdb2.Close())
+	})
 
 	s2, err := initSwitchWithDB(testStartingHeight, cdb2)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "unable reinit switch")