diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-dvc/src/client.rs b/crates/ironrdp-dvc/src/client.rs
index b9dab2e50b..9ae1cd35ce 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-dvc/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-dvc/src/client.rs
@@ -396,19 +396,21 @@ impl DrdynvcClient {
                 return Err(pdu_other_err!("soft-sync request selected an unavailable tunnel"));
             }
 
-            let mut selected_channels = Vec::new();
+            // The server lists every channel it intends to move, including channels this client
+            // declined with NO_LISTENER: Windows lists CoreInput, MouseCursor, Video and Geometry
+            // next to the graphics pipeline. Those channels carry no data, so they are skipped
+            // one by one. Refusing the whole tunnel because of them would leave the channels
+            // this client did open stranded on TCP while the server already sends on the tunnel.
             for channel_id in list.channel_ids() {
-                if self.dynamic_channels.get_by_channel_id(*channel_id).is_none() {
-                    selected_channels.clear();
-                    break;
+                if self.dynamic_channels.get_by_channel_id(*channel_id).is_some() {
+                    tunnel_channels.insert(*channel_id, list.tunnel_type());
+                } else {
+                    debug!(
+                        channel_id,
+                        tunnel_type = ?list.tunnel_type(),
+                        "Soft-Sync lists a dynamic channel this client did not open; ignoring it"
+                    );
                 }
-                selected_channels.push(*channel_id);
-            }
-            if selected_channels.is_empty() && !list.channel_ids().is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
-            for channel_id in selected_channels {
-                tunnel_channels.insert(channel_id, list.tunnel_type());
             }
             tunnels_to_switch.push(list.tunnel_type());
         }
diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/dvc/client.rs b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/dvc/client.rs
index e3b90e854c..b4df109189 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/dvc/client.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/dvc/client.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use ironrdp_core::{encode_vec, impl_as_any};
+use ironrdp_core::{Decode as _, ReadCursor, encode_vec, impl_as_any};
 use ironrdp_dvc::ironrdp_pdu::{PduResult, pdu_other_err};
 use ironrdp_dvc::pdu::{
     DataPdu, DrdynvcClientPdu, DrdynvcDataPdu, DrdynvcServerPdu, SoftSyncChannelList, SoftSyncRequestPdu,
@@ -134,6 +134,41 @@ fn soft_sync_rejects_a_tunnel_that_became_unavailable_before_migration() {
     assert!(!client.has_channels_on_tunnel(SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn soft_sync_skips_channels_the_client_did_not_open() {
+    let mut client = DrdynvcClient::new();
+    client
+        .attach_established_dynamic_channel(7, RecordedDvc::default())
+        .expect("recorded channel should attach");
+    client.enable_soft_sync_tunnel(SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP);
+
+    // Windows lists the channels this client answered with NO_LISTENER (2, 6, 8..=12) next to
+    // the graphics pipeline it accepted (7). The tunnel must still be switched for channel 7.
+    let request = encode_vec(&DrdynvcServerPdu::SoftSyncRequest(SoftSyncRequestPdu::new(vec![
+        SoftSyncChannelList::new(SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP, vec![2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]),
+    ])))
+    .expect("Soft-Sync request should encode");
+
+    let responses = client.process(&request).expect("Soft-Sync request should be accepted");
+    let [response] = responses.as_slice() else {
+        panic!("expected exactly one Soft-Sync response");
+    };
+    let encoded = response
+        .encode_unframed_pdu()
+        .expect("Soft-Sync response should encode");
+    let DrdynvcClientPdu::SoftSyncResponse(response) =
+        DrdynvcClientPdu::decode(&mut ReadCursor::new(&encoded)).expect("Soft-Sync response should decode")
+    else {
+        panic!("expected a Soft-Sync response");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(response.tunnels_to_switch(), &[SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP]);
+
+    assert!(client.soft_sync_complete());
+    assert_eq!(client.tunnel_for_channel(7), Some(SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP));
+    assert_eq!(client.tunnel_for_channel(2), None);
+    assert!(client.has_channels_on_tunnel(SoftSyncTunnelType::RELIABLE_UDP));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn message_batch_rejects_a_mismatched_channel_id() {
     let message = SvcMessage::from(DrdynvcClientPdu::Data(DrdynvcDataPdu::Data(DataPdu::new(