diff --git a/db/system_keyspace.cc b/db/system_keyspace.cc
index 66497a645b..b3d8f14ed3 100644
--- a/db/system_keyspace.cc
+++ b/db/system_keyspace.cc
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ schema_ptr system_keyspace::topology() {
             .with_column("upgrade_state", utf8_type, column_kind::static_column)
             .with_column("global_requests", set_type_impl::get_instance(timeuuid_type, true), column_kind::static_column)
             .with_column("paused_rf_change_requests", set_type_impl::get_instance(timeuuid_type, true), column_kind::static_column)
+            .with_column("ongoing_rf_changes", set_type_impl::get_instance(timeuuid_type, true), column_kind::static_column)
             .set_comment("Current state of topology change machine")
             .with_hash_version()
             .build();
@@ -3288,6 +3289,12 @@ future<service::topology> system_keyspace::load_topology_state(const std::unorde
             }
         }
 
+        if (some_row.has("ongoing_rf_changes")) {
+            for (auto&& v : deserialize_set_column(*topology(), some_row, "ongoing_rf_changes")) {
+                ret.ongoing_rf_changes.insert(value_cast<utils::UUID>(v));
+            }
+        }
+
         if (some_row.has("enabled_features")) {
             ret.enabled_features = decode_features(deserialize_set_column(*topology(), some_row, "enabled_features"));
         }
diff --git a/service/storage_service.cc b/service/storage_service.cc
index bc13b01773..7de108bb6f 100644
--- a/service/storage_service.cc
+++ b/service/storage_service.cc
@@ -1339,6 +1339,11 @@ future<bool> storage_service::ongoing_rf_change(const group0_guard& guard, sstri
             co_return true;
         }
     }
+    for (auto request_id : _topology_state_machine._topology.ongoing_rf_changes) {
+        if (co_await ongoing_ks_rf_change(request_id)) {
+            co_return true;
+        }
+    }
     co_return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/service/topology_mutation.cc b/service/topology_mutation.cc
index 0674921385..92b44258d1 100644
--- a/service/topology_mutation.cc
+++ b/service/topology_mutation.cc
@@ -283,6 +283,20 @@ topology_mutation_builder& topology_mutation_builder::resume_rf_change_request(c
     }
 }
 
+topology_mutation_builder& topology_mutation_builder::start_rf_change_migrations(const utils::UUID& id) {
+    return apply_set("ongoing_rf_changes", collection_apply_mode::update, std::vector<data_value>{id});
+}
+
+topology_mutation_builder& topology_mutation_builder::finish_rf_change_migrations(const std::unordered_set<utils::UUID>& values, const utils::UUID& id) {
+    if (values.contains(id)) {
+        auto new_values = values;
+        new_values.erase(id);
+        return apply_set("ongoing_rf_changes", collection_apply_mode::overwrite, new_values | std::views::transform([] (const auto& id) { return data_value{id}; }));
+    } else {
+        return *this;
+    }
+}
+
 topology_mutation_builder& topology_mutation_builder::set_upgrade_state_done() {
     return apply_atomic("upgrade_state", "done");
 }
diff --git a/service/topology_mutation.hh b/service/topology_mutation.hh
index b041a20565..51fe8a3bfd 100644
--- a/service/topology_mutation.hh
+++ b/service/topology_mutation.hh
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ public:
     topology_mutation_builder& drop_first_global_topology_request_id(const std::vector<utils::UUID>&, const utils::UUID&);
     topology_mutation_builder& pause_rf_change_request(const utils::UUID&);
     topology_mutation_builder& resume_rf_change_request(const std::unordered_set<utils::UUID>&, const utils::UUID&);
+    topology_mutation_builder& start_rf_change_migrations(const utils::UUID&);
+    topology_mutation_builder& finish_rf_change_migrations(const std::unordered_set<utils::UUID>&, const utils::UUID&);
     topology_node_mutation_builder& with_node(raft::server_id);
     canonical_mutation build() { return canonical_mutation{std::move(_m)}; }
 };
diff --git a/service/topology_state_machine.hh b/service/topology_state_machine.hh
index ba8594dfba..bb7387c60c 100644
--- a/service/topology_state_machine.hh
+++ b/service/topology_state_machine.hh
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ struct topology {
     // It may happen during altering from numerical RF to rack list.
     std::unordered_set<utils::UUID> paused_rf_change_requests;
 
+    // The ids of ongoing RF change requests.
+    // Here we keep the ids only for rf-changes using rack_lists.
+    std::unordered_set<utils::UUID> ongoing_rf_changes;
+
     // The IDs of the committed yet unpublished CDC generations sorted by timestamps.
     std::vector<cdc::generation_id> unpublished_cdc_generations;