diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/10259-Jay2006sawant b/changelogs/unreleased/10259-Jay2006sawant
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebe0ded02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/10259-Jay2006sawant
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Trim spaces around resource names in --ordered-resources so comma-separated lists with spaces still match
diff --git a/pkg/backup/item_collector.go b/pkg/backup/item_collector.go
index 3aade5fad..1733e9ac9 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/item_collector.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/item_collector.go
@@ -346,7 +346,15 @@ func getOrderedResourcesForType(
 	if !ok || len(orderStr) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	orders := strings.Split(orderStr, ",")
+	parts := strings.Split(orderStr, ",")
+	orders := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		name := strings.TrimSpace(part)
+		if name == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		orders = append(orders, name)
+	}
 	return orders
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go b/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
index 084d5b5ff..47a1d7be5 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
@@ -445,3 +445,24 @@ func TestGetResourceItems(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetOrderedResourcesForTypeTrimsSpaces(t *testing.T) {
+	// Spaces after commas are common in CLI input and should not break ordering.
+	orders := getOrderedResourcesForType(map[string]string{
+		"pods": "ns1/pod2, ns1/pod1",
+	}, "pods")
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"ns1/pod2", "ns1/pod1"}, orders)
+
+	log := logrus.StandardLogger()
+	podResources := []*kubernetesResource{
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod3"},
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod1"},
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod2"},
+	}
+	sorted := sortResourcesByOrder(log, podResources, orders)
+	require.Equal(t, []*kubernetesResource{
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod2", orderedResource: true},
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod1", orderedResource: true},
+		{namespace: "ns1", name: "pod3"},
+	}, sorted)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
index 5082eb239..8cdec3d99 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
@@ -385,8 +385,19 @@ func ParseOrderedResources(orderMapStr string) (map[string]string, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid OrderedResources '%s'", entry)
 		}
 		kind := strings.TrimSpace(kv[0])
-		order := strings.TrimSpace(kv[1])
-		orderedResources[kind] = order
+		orderParts := strings.Split(kv[1], ",")
+		cleaned := make([]string, 0, len(orderParts))
+		for _, part := range orderParts {
+			name := strings.TrimSpace(part)
+			if name == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			cleaned = append(cleaned, name)
+		}
+		if kind == "" || len(cleaned) == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid OrderedResources '%s'", entry)
+		}
+		orderedResources[kind] = strings.Join(cleaned, ",")
 	}
 	return orderedResources, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
index 46885b7c9..07d5bb493 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ func TestCreateOptions_OrderedResources(t *testing.T) {
 		"persistentvolumes": "pv1,pv2",
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedMixedResources, orderedResources)
+
+	// Spaces after commas in the resource list must be trimmed.
+	orderedResources, err = ParseOrderedResources("pods=ns1/p1, ns1/p2 ; persistentvolumeclaims= ns2/pvc1,  ns2/pvc2")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"pods":                   "ns1/p1,ns1/p2",
+		"persistentvolumeclaims": "ns2/pvc1,ns2/pvc2",
+	}, orderedResources)
 }
 
 func TestCreateCommand(t *testing.T) {