diff --git a/pkg/restic/restorer.go b/pkg/restic/restorer.go
index 6d538b735..a618390bd 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restorer.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restorer.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 // Restorer can execute restic restores of volumes in a pod.
 type Restorer interface {
 	// RestorePodVolumes restores all annotated volumes in a pod.
-	RestorePodVolumes(restore *arkv1api.Restore, pod *corev1api.Pod, log logrus.FieldLogger) []error
+	RestorePodVolumes(restore *arkv1api.Restore, pod *corev1api.Pod, sourceNamespace string, log logrus.FieldLogger) []error
 }
 
 type restorer struct {
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ func newRestorer(
 	return r
 }
 
-func (r *restorer) RestorePodVolumes(restore *arkv1api.Restore, pod *corev1api.Pod, log logrus.FieldLogger) []error {
+func (r *restorer) RestorePodVolumes(restore *arkv1api.Restore, pod *corev1api.Pod, sourceNamespace string, log logrus.FieldLogger) []error {
 	// get volumes to restore from pod's annotations
 	volumesToRestore := GetPodSnapshotAnnotations(pod)
 	if len(volumesToRestore) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	repo, err := r.repoEnsurer.EnsureRepo(r.ctx, restore.Namespace, pod.Namespace)
+	repo, err := r.repoEnsurer.EnsureRepo(r.ctx, restore.Namespace, sourceNamespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []error{err}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 2792e307c..7be73de48 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ func (ctx *context) restoreResource(resource, namespace, resourcePath string) (a
 
 		// necessary because we may have remapped the namespace
 		// if the namespace is blank, don't create the key
+		originalNamespace := obj.GetNamespace()
 		if namespace != "" {
 			obj.SetNamespace(namespace)
 		}
@@ -839,7 +840,7 @@ func (ctx *context) restoreResource(resource, namespace, resourcePath string) (a
 						return []error{err}
 					}
 
-					if errs := ctx.resticRestorer.RestorePodVolumes(ctx.restore, pod, ctx.log); errs != nil {
+					if errs := ctx.resticRestorer.RestorePodVolumes(ctx.restore, pod, originalNamespace, ctx.log); errs != nil {
 						ctx.log.WithError(kubeerrs.NewAggregate(errs)).Error("unable to successfully complete restic restores of pod's volumes")
 						return errs
 					}