diff --git a/management/server/peer.go b/management/server/peer.go
index 1a8b183ed42..57aa9131676 100644
--- a/management/server/peer.go
+++ b/management/server/peer.go
@@ -865,6 +865,10 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) updateAccountPeers(account *Account) {
 		return
 	}
 	for _, peer := range peers {
+		if !am.peersUpdateManager.HasChannel(peer.ID) {
+			log.Tracef("peer %s doesn't have a channel, skipping network map update", peer.ID)
+			continue
+		}
 		remotePeerNetworkMap := account.GetPeerNetworkMap(peer.ID, am.dnsDomain, approvedPeersMap)
 		update := toSyncResponse(nil, peer, nil, remotePeerNetworkMap, am.GetDNSDomain())
 		am.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(peer.ID, &UpdateMessage{Update: update})