diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
index ad2edf838..402ced0b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ var defaultRestorePriorities = []string{
 	"serviceaccounts",
 	"limitranges",
 	"pods",
+	"replicaset",
 }
 
 // watchConfig adds an update event handler to the Config shared informer, invoking s.cancelFunc
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 64921a0d3..f8f7eaaa0 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -617,15 +617,6 @@ func (ctx *context) restoreResource(resource, namespace, resourcePath string) (a
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if hasControllerOwner(obj.GetOwnerReferences()) {
-			// non-pods with controller owners shouldn't be restored; pods with controller
-			// owners should only be restored if they have restic snapshots to restore
-			if groupResource != kuberesource.Pods || !restic.PodHasSnapshotAnnotation(obj) {
-				ctx.log.Infof("%s has a controller owner - skipping", kube.NamespaceAndName(obj))
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-
 		complete, err := isCompleted(obj, groupResource)
 		if err != nil {
 			addToResult(&errs, namespace, fmt.Errorf("error checking completion %q: %v", fullPath, err))
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
index 73ba5ef43..3f98c703e 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
@@ -433,16 +433,6 @@ func TestRestoreResourceForNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 			labelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"foo": "not-bar"})),
 			fileSystem:    arktest.NewFakeFileSystem().WithFile("configmaps/cm-1.json", newTestConfigMap().WithLabels(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}).ToJSON()),
 		},
-		{
-			name:          "items with controller owner are skipped",
-			namespace:     "ns-1",
-			resourcePath:  "configmaps",
-			labelSelector: labels.NewSelector(),
-			fileSystem: arktest.NewFakeFileSystem().
-				WithFile("configmaps/cm-1.json", newTestConfigMap().WithControllerOwner().ToJSON()).
-				WithFile("configmaps/cm-2.json", newNamedTestConfigMap("cm-2").ToJSON()),
-			expectedObjs: toUnstructured(newNamedTestConfigMap("cm-2").ConfigMap),
-		},
 		{
 			name:          "namespace is remapped",
 			namespace:     "ns-2",