diff --git a/internal/p2p/shim.go b/internal/p2p/shim.go
index 07d1ad156..02c6842eb 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/shim.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/shim.go
@@ -233,9 +233,8 @@ func (rs *ReactorShim) GetChannels() []*ChannelDescriptor {
 // handle adding a peer.
 func (rs *ReactorShim) AddPeer(peer Peer) {
 	select {
-	case rs.PeerUpdates.reactorUpdatesCh <- PeerUpdate{NodeID: peer.ID(), Status: PeerStatusUp}:
+	case rs.PeerUpdates.reactorUpdatesCh <- PeerUpdate{NodeID: peer.ID(), Status: PeerStatusUp, Channels: toChannelIDs(peer.NodeInfo().Channels)}:
 		rs.Logger.Debug("sent peer update", "reactor", rs.Name, "peer", peer.ID(), "status", PeerStatusUp)
-
 	case <-rs.PeerUpdates.Done():
 		// NOTE: We explicitly DO NOT close the PeerUpdatesCh's updateCh go channel.
 		// This is because there may be numerous spawned goroutines that are
diff --git a/internal/p2p/shim_test.go b/internal/p2p/shim_test.go
index d8b9e30c3..90477347c 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/shim_test.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/shim_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func simplePeer(t *testing.T, id string) (*p2pmocks.Peer, types.NodeID) {
 	peerID := types.NodeID(id)
 	peer := &p2pmocks.Peer{}
 	peer.On("ID").Return(peerID)
+	peer.On("NodeInfo").Return(types.NodeInfo{NodeID: peerID}).Maybe()
 
 	return peer, peerID
 }