diff --git a/lib/utils/fc-cache.js b/lib/utils/fc-cache.js
--- a/lib/utils/fc-cache.js
+++ b/lib/utils/fc-cache.js
@@ -186,6 +186,41 @@
     }
 
     const fetchFarcasterChannelPromise = (async () => {
+      // First, we finish any ongoing fetches of followed channels,
+      // since our channel might be one of them
+      const fidsInFollowedChannelQueryCache = [
+        ...this.followedFarcasterChannelsQueryCache.keys(),
+      ];
+      const followedChannelQueryPromises = fidsInFollowedChannelQueryCache
+        .map(fid => {
+          const entry = this.getCachedFollowedFarcasterChannelsEntryForFID(fid);
+          if (!entry) {
+            return null;
+          }
+          const { followedFarcasterChannels } = entry;
+          if (followedFarcasterChannels instanceof Promise) {
+            return followedFarcasterChannels;
+          }
+          return null;
+        })
+        .filter(Boolean);
+      if (followedChannelQueryPromises.length > 0) {
+        const followedChannelQueryResults = await Promise.all(
+          followedChannelQueryPromises,
+        );
+        for (const followedChannelQueryResult of followedChannelQueryResults) {
+          if (!followedChannelQueryResult) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          for (const channel of followedChannelQueryResult) {
+            if (channel.id !== channelID) {
+              continue;
+            }
+            return channel;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       let farcasterChannel;
       try {
         farcasterChannel = await Promise.race([
@@ -279,6 +314,20 @@
         followedFarcasterChannels,
       });
 
+      if (followedFarcasterChannels) {
+        for (const channel of followedFarcasterChannels) {
+          const channelID = channel.id;
+          if (this.getCachedFarcasterChannelForChannelID(channelID)) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          this.farcasterChannelQueryCache.set(channelID, {
+            channelID,
+            expirationTime: Date.now() + cacheTimeout,
+            farcasterChannel: channel,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
       return followedFarcasterChannels;
     })();