diff --git a/accounts/store_sql.go b/accounts/store_sql.go
index 4b34e3f7d..830f16587 100644
--- a/accounts/store_sql.go
+++ b/accounts/store_sql.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ type SQLStore struct {
 	// in order to implement all its CRUD logic.
 	db BatchedSQLQueries
 
-	// DB represents the underlying database connection.
-	*sql.DB
+	// BaseDB represents the underlying database connection.
+	*db.BaseDB
 
 	clock clock.Clock
 }
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ func NewSQLStore(sqlDB *db.BaseDB, clock clock.Clock) *SQLStore {
 	)
 
 	return &SQLStore{
-		db:    executor,
-		DB:    sqlDB.DB,
-		clock: clock,
+		db:     executor,
+		BaseDB: sqlDB,
+		clock:  clock,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/session/interface.go b/session/interface.go
index a861f7e34..1ce3854f3 100644
--- a/session/interface.go
+++ b/session/interface.go
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ type Store interface {
 	ListSessionsByType(ctx context.Context, t Type) ([]*Session, error)
 
 	// ListSessionsByState returns all sessions currently known to the store
-	// that are in the given states.
-	ListSessionsByState(ctx context.Context, state ...State) ([]*Session,
+	// that are in the given state.
+	ListSessionsByState(ctx context.Context, state State) ([]*Session,
 		error)
 
 	// UpdateSessionRemotePubKey can be used to add the given remote pub key
diff --git a/session/kvdb_store.go b/session/kvdb_store.go
index 69b2eac87..00524e3d8 100644
--- a/session/kvdb_store.go
+++ b/session/kvdb_store.go
@@ -370,20 +370,14 @@ func (db *BoltStore) ListSessionsByType(_ context.Context, t Type) ([]*Session,
 }
 
 // ListSessionsByState returns all sessions currently known to the store that
-// are in the given states.
+// are in the given state.
 //
 // NOTE: this is part of the Store interface.
-func (db *BoltStore) ListSessionsByState(_ context.Context, states ...State) (
+func (db *BoltStore) ListSessionsByState(_ context.Context, state State) (
 	[]*Session, error) {
 
 	return db.listSessions(func(s *Session) bool {
-		for _, state := range states {
-			if s.State == state {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false
+		return s.State == state
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/session/store_test.go b/session/store_test.go
index a3c6c4289..a853a6133 100644
--- a/session/store_test.go
+++ b/session/store_test.go
@@ -134,17 +134,6 @@ func TestBasicSessionStore(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqualSessions(t, s2, sessions[0])
 	assertEqualSessions(t, s3, sessions[1])
 
-	sessions, err = db.ListSessionsByState(ctx, StateCreated, StateRevoked)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, 3, len(sessions))
-	assertEqualSessions(t, s1, sessions[0])
-	assertEqualSessions(t, s2, sessions[1])
-	assertEqualSessions(t, s3, sessions[2])
-
-	sessions, err = db.ListSessionsByState(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Empty(t, sessions)
-
 	sessions, err = db.ListSessionsByState(ctx, StateReserved)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, sessions)
@@ -373,7 +362,7 @@ func reserveSession(db Store, label string,
 
 	return db.NewSession(
 		context.Background(), label, opts.sessType,
-		time.Date(99999, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		time.Date(9999, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 		"foo.bar.baz:1234",
 		WithDevServer(),
 		WithPrivacy(PrivacyFlags{ClearPubkeys}),
diff --git a/session_rpcserver.go b/session_rpcserver.go
index 7362d8c7f..c185a3a94 100644
--- a/session_rpcserver.go
+++ b/session_rpcserver.go
@@ -102,13 +102,23 @@ func (s *sessionRpcServer) start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// Start up all previously created sessions.
-	sessions, err := s.cfg.db.ListSessionsByState(
-		ctx, session.StateCreated, session.StateInUse,
+	sessions, err := s.cfg.db.ListSessionsByState(ctx, session.StateCreated)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error listing sessions: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// For backwards compatibility, we will also resume sessions that are in
+	// the InUse state even though we no longer put sessions into this
+	// state.
+	inUseSessions, err := s.cfg.db.ListSessionsByState(
+		ctx, session.StateInUse,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error listing sessions: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	sessions = append(sessions, inUseSessions...)
+
 	for _, sess := range sessions {
 		key := sess.LocalPublicKey.SerializeCompressed()