diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
index a6a7e18b1..5eb8e270a 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/BaseHoodieWriteClient.java
@@ -672,14 +672,24 @@ public abstract class BaseHoodieWriteClient<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I, K,
       Option<HoodieInstant> commitInstantOpt = Option.fromJavaOptional(table.getActiveTimeline().getCommitsTimeline().getInstants()
           .filter(instant -> HoodieActiveTimeline.EQUALS.test(instant.getTimestamp(), commitInstantTime))
           .findFirst());
-      if (commitInstantOpt.isPresent()) {
-        LOG.info("Scheduling Rollback at instant time :" + rollbackInstantTime);
+      if (commitInstantOpt.isPresent() || pendingRollbackInfo.isPresent()) {
+        LOG.info(String.format("Scheduling Rollback at instant time : %s "
+                + "(exists in active timeline: %s), with rollback plan: %s",
+            rollbackInstantTime, commitInstantOpt.isPresent(), pendingRollbackInfo.isPresent()));
         Option<HoodieRollbackPlan> rollbackPlanOption = pendingRollbackInfo.map(entry -> Option.of(entry.getRollbackPlan()))
             .orElseGet(() -> table.scheduleRollback(context, rollbackInstantTime, commitInstantOpt.get(), false, config.shouldRollbackUsingMarkers()));
         if (rollbackPlanOption.isPresent()) {
-          // execute rollback
-          HoodieRollbackMetadata rollbackMetadata = table.rollback(context, rollbackInstantTime, commitInstantOpt.get(), true,
-              skipLocking);
+          // There can be a case where the inflight rollback failed after the instant files
+          // are deleted for commitInstantTime, so that commitInstantOpt is empty as it is
+          // not present in the timeline.  In such a case, the hoodie instant instance
+          // is reconstructed to allow the rollback to be reattempted, and the deleteInstants
+          // is set to false since they are already deleted.
+          // Execute rollback
+          HoodieRollbackMetadata rollbackMetadata = commitInstantOpt.isPresent()
+              ? table.rollback(context, rollbackInstantTime, commitInstantOpt.get(), true, skipLocking)
+              : table.rollback(context, rollbackInstantTime, new HoodieInstant(
+                  true, rollbackPlanOption.get().getInstantToRollback().getAction(), commitInstantTime),
+              false, skipLocking);
           if (timerContext != null) {
             long durationInMs = metrics.getDurationInMs(timerContext.stop());
             metrics.updateRollbackMetrics(durationInMs, rollbackMetadata.getTotalFilesDeleted());
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/TestClientRollback.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/TestClientRollback.java
index 3b5393527..c06b0a062 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/TestClientRollback.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/TestClientRollback.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.hudi.client;
 
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieInstantInfo;
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieRollbackPlan;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.config.HoodieMetadataConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.fs.FSUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieBaseFile;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieCleaningPolicy;
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ import org.apache.hudi.testutils.HoodieClientTestBase;
 
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.apache.hudi.testutils.Assertions.assertNoWriteErrors;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -269,11 +274,19 @@ public class TestClientRollback extends HoodieClientTestBase {
     }
   }
 
+  private static Stream<Arguments> testFailedRollbackCommitParams() {
+    return Arrays.stream(new Boolean[][] {
+        {true, true}, {true, false}, {false, true}, {false, false},
+    }).map(Arguments::of);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test Cases for effects of rollbacking completed/inflight commits.
    */
-  @Test
-  public void testFailedRollbackCommit() throws Exception {
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("testFailedRollbackCommitParams")
+  public void testFailedRollbackCommit(
+      boolean enableMetadataTable, boolean instantToRollbackExists) throws Exception {
     // Let's create some commit files and base files
     final String p1 = "2016/05/01";
     final String p2 = "2016/05/02";
@@ -302,8 +315,20 @@ public class TestClientRollback extends HoodieClientTestBase {
         put(p3, "id33");
       }
     };
-    HoodieTestTable testTable = HoodieTestTable.of(metaClient)
-        .withPartitionMetaFiles(p1, p2, p3)
+
+    HoodieWriteConfig config = HoodieWriteConfig.newBuilder().withPath(basePath)
+        .withRollbackUsingMarkers(false)
+        .withMetadataConfig(HoodieMetadataConfig.newBuilder().enable(enableMetadataTable).build())
+        .withCompactionConfig(HoodieCompactionConfig.newBuilder()
+            .withFailedWritesCleaningPolicy(HoodieFailedWritesCleaningPolicy.LAZY).build())
+        .withIndexConfig(HoodieIndexConfig.newBuilder().withIndexType(HoodieIndex.IndexType.INMEMORY).build()).build();
+
+    HoodieTestTable testTable = enableMetadataTable
+        ? HoodieMetadataTestTable.of(metaClient, SparkHoodieBackedTableMetadataWriter.create(
+        metaClient.getHadoopConf(), config, context))
+        : HoodieTestTable.of(metaClient);
+
+    testTable.withPartitionMetaFiles(p1, p2, p3)
         .addCommit(commitTime1)
         .withBaseFilesInPartitions(partitionAndFileId1)
         .addCommit(commitTime2)
@@ -311,12 +336,6 @@ public class TestClientRollback extends HoodieClientTestBase {
         .addInflightCommit(commitTime3)
         .withBaseFilesInPartitions(partitionAndFileId3);
 
-    HoodieWriteConfig config = HoodieWriteConfig.newBuilder().withPath(basePath)
-        .withRollbackUsingMarkers(false)
-        .withCompactionConfig(HoodieCompactionConfig.newBuilder()
-            .withFailedWritesCleaningPolicy(HoodieFailedWritesCleaningPolicy.LAZY).build())
-        .withIndexConfig(HoodieIndexConfig.newBuilder().withIndexType(HoodieIndex.IndexType.INMEMORY).build()).build();
-
     try (SparkRDDWriteClient client = getHoodieWriteClient(config)) {
 
       // Rollback commit3
@@ -333,8 +352,10 @@ public class TestClientRollback extends HoodieClientTestBase {
       // delete rollback completed meta file and retry rollback.
       FileCreateUtils.deleteRollbackCommit(basePath, rollbackInstant.getTimestamp());
 
-      // recreate actual commit files so that we can retry the rollback
-      testTable.addInflightCommit(commitTime3).withBaseFilesInPartitions(partitionAndFileId3);
+      if (instantToRollbackExists) {
+        // recreate actual commit files if needed
+        testTable.addInflightCommit(commitTime3).withBaseFilesInPartitions(partitionAndFileId3);
+      }
 
       // retry rolling back the commit again.
       client.rollback(commitTime3);