diff --git a/lightning/src/util/persist.rs b/lightning/src/util/persist.rs
index bf8a0cf8342..f5127600c9f 100644
--- a/lightning/src/util/persist.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/util/persist.rs
@@ -1579,9 +1579,15 @@ impl<
 				// future for the completion of the write. This ensures monitor persistence
 				// ordering is preserved.
 				let encoded = update.encode();
-				res_a = Some(async move {
-					self.kv_store.write(primary, &monitor_key, update_name.as_str(), encoded).await
-				});
+				let write_fut: Pin<
+					Box<dyn MaybeSendableFuture<Output = Result<(), io::Error>> + 'static>,
+				> = Box::pin(self.kv_store.write(
+					primary,
+					&monitor_key,
+					update_name.as_str(),
+					encoded,
+				));
+				res_a = Some(write_fut);
 			} else {
 				// We could write this update, but it meets criteria of our design that calls for a full monitor write.
 				// Note that this is NOT an async function, but rather calls the *sync* KVStore
@@ -2107,6 +2113,58 @@ mod tests {
 		do_persister_with_real_monitors(4, 2);
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn async_update_persist_queues_write_synchronously() {
+		// Build, but do not poll, an incremental monitor-update persistence future. The
+		// underlying KVStore::write call must queue the write synchronously so that queue order
+		// is set by call order rather than executor poll order.
+		let chanmon_cfgs = create_chanmon_cfgs(2);
+		let node_cfgs = create_node_cfgs(2, &chanmon_cfgs);
+		let node_chanmgrs = create_node_chanmgrs(2, &node_cfgs, &[None, None]);
+		let nodes = create_network(2, &node_cfgs, &node_chanmgrs);
+		let _ = create_announced_chan_between_nodes(&nodes, 0, 1);
+
+		send_payment(&nodes[0], &vec![&nodes[1]][..], 8_000_000);
+		send_payment(&nodes[1], &vec![&nodes[0]][..], 4_000_000);
+
+		let cmu_map = nodes[0].chain_monitor.monitor_updates.lock().unwrap();
+		let (channel_id, updates) =
+			cmu_map.iter().next().expect("expected a channel with monitor updates");
+		let monitor = nodes[0].chain_monitor.chain_monitor.get_monitor(*channel_id).unwrap();
+		let monitor_name = monitor.persistence_key();
+		let cmu = updates
+			.iter()
+			.find(|u| u.update_id != 0 && u.update_id != u64::MAX)
+			.expect("expected a normal monitor update");
+		let update_id = cmu.update_id;
+
+		let store = TestStore::new(false);
+		let persister = MonitorUpdatingPersisterAsync::new(
+			&store,
+			PanicingSpawner,
+			node_cfgs[0].logger,
+			update_id + 1,
+			node_cfgs[0].keys_manager,
+			node_cfgs[0].keys_manager,
+			node_cfgs[0].tx_broadcaster,
+			node_cfgs[0].fee_estimator,
+		);
+
+		let _future =
+			Arc::clone(&persister.0).update_persisted_channel(monitor_name, Some(cmu), &monitor);
+
+		let update_name = UpdateName::from(update_id);
+		let pending = store.list_pending_async_writes(
+			CHANNEL_MONITOR_UPDATE_PERSISTENCE_PRIMARY_NAMESPACE,
+			&monitor_name.to_string(),
+			update_name.as_str(),
+		);
+		assert!(
+			!pending.is_empty(),
+			"monitor update write was not queued synchronously by update_persisted_channel"
+		);
+	}
+
 	// Test that if the `MonitorUpdatingPersister`'s can't actually write, trying to persist a
 	// monitor or update with it results in the persister returning an UnrecoverableError status.
 	#[test]