diff --git a/Boss/Mod/XMoveFunds/Main.cpp b/Boss/Mod/XMoveFunds/Main.cpp
index 58a865d..32e56a7 100644
--- a/Boss/Mod/XMoveFunds/Main.cpp
+++ b/Boss/Mod/XMoveFunds/Main.cpp
@@ -1233,8 +1233,18 @@ private:
 			}
 
 			if (fail & 0x2000) {
-				/* NODE-level failure: take the whole
-				 * forwarder out of consideration. */
+				/* NODE-level failure: take the whole forwarder
+				 * out of consideration -- but NEVER our own node.
+				 * In a circular rebalance the destination is us,
+				 * so a node-level failure at the closing hop is
+				 * attributed to self; disable_node(self) would
+				 * disable ALL our channels as the source (askrene:
+				 * "source has disabled N of N channels, capacity
+				 * 0msat") and lock out every future rebalance --
+				 * permanently, since disabled_nodes does not age.
+				 * Mirrors FundsMover's self_id guard. */
+				if (std::string(enode) == std::string(self_id))
+					return;
 				actions.push_back(
 				    Boss::Mod::AskreneLayer::disable_node(
 					*rpc,