diff --git a/orderer/multichain/chainsupport.go b/orderer/multichain/chainsupport.go
index 9dce611771a..10cfbce81dd 100644
--- a/orderer/multichain/chainsupport.go
+++ b/orderer/multichain/chainsupport.go
@@ -122,16 +122,28 @@ func newChainSupport(
 		signer:          signer,
 	}
 
+	cs.lastConfigSeq = cs.Sequence()
+
 	var err error
 
 	lastBlock := ledger.GetBlock(cs.Reader(), cs.Reader().Height()-1)
+
+	// If this is the genesis block, the lastconfig field may be empty, and, the last config is necessary 0
+	// so no need to initialize lastConfig
+	if lastBlock.Header.Number != 0 {
+		cs.lastConfig, err = utils.GetLastConfigIndexFromBlock(lastBlock)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Fatalf("[channel: %s] Error extracting last config block from block metadata: %s", cs.ChainID(), err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	metadata, err := utils.GetMetadataFromBlock(lastBlock, cb.BlockMetadataIndex_ORDERER)
 	// Assuming a block created with cb.NewBlock(), this should not
 	// error even if the orderer metadata is an empty byte slice
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("[channel: %s] Error extracting orderer metadata: %s", cs.ChainID(), err)
 	}
-	logger.Debugf("[channel: %s] Retrieved metadata for tip of chain (block #%d): %+v", cs.ChainID(), cs.Reader().Height()-1, metadata)
+	logger.Debugf("[channel: %s] Retrieved metadata for tip of chain (blockNumber=%d, lastConfig=%d, lastConfigSeq=%d): %+v", cs.ChainID(), lastBlock.Header.Number, cs.lastConfig, cs.lastConfigSeq, metadata)
 
 	cs.chain, err = consenter.HandleChain(cs, metadata)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -222,6 +234,7 @@ func (cs *chainSupport) addBlockSignature(block *cb.Block) {
 func (cs *chainSupport) addLastConfigSignature(block *cb.Block) {
 	configSeq := cs.Sequence()
 	if configSeq > cs.lastConfigSeq {
+		logger.Debugf("[channel: %s] Detected lastConfigSeq transitioning from %d to %d, setting lastConfig from %d to %d", cs.ChainID(), cs.lastConfigSeq, configSeq, cs.lastConfig, block.Header.Number)
 		cs.lastConfig = block.Header.Number
 		cs.lastConfigSeq = configSeq
 	}
diff --git a/orderer/multichain/manager.go b/orderer/multichain/manager.go
index 06334140a3e..e59a0aa8927 100644
--- a/orderer/multichain/manager.go
+++ b/orderer/multichain/manager.go
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ func (ml *multiLedger) newChain(configtx *cb.Envelope) {
 
 	logger.Infof("Created and starting new chain %s", chainID)
 
-	cs.lastConfigSeq = cs.Sequence()
-	// The sequence number on the genesis block of the system channel will be 0.
-	// The sequence number on the genesis block of every non-system channel will be 1.
-	logger.Debugf("[channel: %s] Last config set to %d", chainID, cs.lastConfigSeq)
-
 	newChains[string(chainID)] = cs
 	cs.start()
 
diff --git a/orderer/multichain/manager_test.go b/orderer/multichain/manager_test.go
index e8517d4d6a6..edd070382c2 100644
--- a/orderer/multichain/manager_test.go
+++ b/orderer/multichain/manager_test.go
@@ -471,6 +471,15 @@ func TestNewChain(t *testing.T) {
 	case <-time.After(time.Second):
 		t.Fatalf("Block 1 not produced after timeout on new chain")
 	}
+
+	testRestartedChainSupport(t, chainSupport, consenters, expectedLastConfigSeq)
+}
+
+func testRestartedChainSupport(t *testing.T, cs ChainSupport, consenters map[string]Consenter, expectedLastConfigSeq uint64) {
+	ccs, ok := cs.(*chainSupport)
+	assert.True(t, ok, "Casting error")
+	rcs := newChainSupport(ccs.filters, ccs.ledgerResources, consenters, mockCrypto())
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedLastConfigSeq, rcs.lastConfigSeq, "On restart, incorrect lastConfigSeq")
 }
 
 func testLastConfigBlockNumber(t *testing.T, block *cb.Block, expectedBlockNumber uint64) {