diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/restore/BaseRestoreActionExecutor.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/restore/BaseRestoreActionExecutor.java
index 937134014..58247bb8e 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/restore/BaseRestoreActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/restore/BaseRestoreActionExecutor.java
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ public abstract class BaseRestoreActionExecutor<T extends HoodieRecordPayload, I
     writeToMetadata(restoreMetadata);
     table.getActiveTimeline().saveAsComplete(new HoodieInstant(true, HoodieTimeline.RESTORE_ACTION, instantTime),
         TimelineMetadataUtils.serializeRestoreMetadata(restoreMetadata));
+    // get all rollbacks instants after restore instant time and delete them.
+    // if not, rollbacks will be considered not completed and might hinder metadata table compaction.
+    List<HoodieInstant> instantsToRollback = table.getActiveTimeline().getRollbackTimeline()
+        .getReverseOrderedInstants()
+        .filter(instant -> HoodieActiveTimeline.GREATER_THAN.test(instant.getTimestamp(), restoreInstantTime))
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    instantsToRollback.forEach(entry -> {
+      table.getActiveTimeline().deletePending(new HoodieInstant(HoodieInstant.State.INFLIGHT, HoodieTimeline.ROLLBACK_ACTION, entry.getTimestamp()));
+      table.getActiveTimeline().deletePending(new HoodieInstant(HoodieInstant.State.REQUESTED, HoodieTimeline.ROLLBACK_ACTION, entry.getTimestamp()));
+    });
     LOG.info("Commits " + instantsRolledBack + " rollback is complete. Restored table to " + restoreInstantTime);
     return restoreMetadata;
   }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
index ed9dcb6a0..4466d4672 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ public class TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage extends HoodieClientTestBase {
     client = getHoodieWriteClient(newConfig);
     client.restoreToInstant("004");
 
+    assertFalse(metaClient.reloadActiveTimeline().getRollbackTimeline().lastInstant().isPresent());
+
     // Check the entire dataset has all records still
     String[] fullPartitionPaths = new String[dataGen.getPartitionPaths().length];
     for (int i = 0; i < fullPartitionPaths.length; i++) {