diff --git a/common/utils.c b/common/utils.c
index 62432f600..37c4457fc 100644
--- a/common/utils.c
+++ b/common/utils.c
@@ -142,9 +142,12 @@ void tal_arr_remove_(void *p, size_t elemsize, size_t n)
     tal_resize((char **)p, len - elemsize);
 }
 
-void *tal_dup_talarr_(const tal_t *ctx, const tal_t *src, const char *label)
+void *tal_dup_talarr_(const tal_t *ctx, const tal_t *src TAKES, const char *label)
 {
-	if (!src)
+	if (!src) {
+		/* Correctly handle TAKES on a NULL `src`.  */
+		(void) taken(src);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	return tal_dup_(ctx, src, 1, tal_bytelen(src), 0, label);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_pay.py b/tests/test_pay.py
index 66dada0a9..1053ce6f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_pay.py
+++ b/tests/test_pay.py
@@ -3019,7 +3019,6 @@ def test_keysend(node_factory):
     assert(inv['msatoshi_received'] >= amt)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(strict=True)
 def test_invalid_onion_channel_update(node_factory):
     '''
     Some onion failures "should" send a `channel_update`.