diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/9696-adam-jian-zhang b/changelogs/unreleased/9696-adam-jian-zhang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cb724f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/9696-adam-jian-zhang
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix issue #9681, fix restores and podvolumerestores list options to only list in installed namespace
diff --git a/pkg/controller/restore_controller.go b/pkg/controller/restore_controller.go
index 208a3ddca..469951f27 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/restore_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/restore_controller.go
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ func (r *restoreReconciler) runValidatedRestore(restore *api.Restore, info backu
 		LabelSelector: labels.Set(map[string]string{
 			api.BackupNameLabel: label.GetValidName(restore.Spec.BackupName),
 		}).AsSelector(),
+		Namespace: restore.Namespace,
 	}
 
 	podVolumeBackupList := &api.PodVolumeBackupList{}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/restore_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/restore_controller_test.go
index 3acc03d2a..b013ee64d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/restore_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/restore_controller_test.go
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ func TestRestoreReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedFinalPhase              string
 		addValidFinalizer               bool
 		emptyVolumeInfo                 bool
+		podVolumeBackups                []*velerov1api.PodVolumeBackup
+		expectedPVBCount                int
 	}{
 		{
 			name:                     "restore with both namespace in both includedNamespaces and excludedNamespaces fails validation",
@@ -357,6 +359,22 @@ func TestRestoreReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedCompletedTime: &timestamp,
 			expectedRestorerCall:  NewRestore("foo", "bar", "backup-1", "ns-1", "", velerov1api.RestorePhaseInProgress).Result(),
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "valid restore gets executed and only includes pod volume backups from restore namespace",
+			location: defaultStorageLocation,
+			restore:  NewRestore("foo", "bar2", "backup-1", "ns-1", "", velerov1api.RestorePhaseNew).Result(),
+			backup:   defaultBackup().StorageLocation("default").Result(),
+			podVolumeBackups: []*velerov1api.PodVolumeBackup{
+				builder.ForPodVolumeBackup("foo", "pvb-1").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels(velerov1api.BackupNameLabel, "backup-1")).Result(),
+				builder.ForPodVolumeBackup("other-ns", "pvb-2").ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels(velerov1api.BackupNameLabel, "backup-1")).Result(),
+			},
+			expectedPVBCount:      1,
+			expectedErr:           false,
+			expectedPhase:         string(velerov1api.RestorePhaseInProgress),
+			expectedStartTime:     &timestamp,
+			expectedCompletedTime: &timestamp,
+			expectedRestorerCall:  NewRestore("foo", "bar2", "backup-1", "ns-1", "", velerov1api.RestorePhaseInProgress).Result(),
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "restoration of nodes is not supported",
 			location:      defaultStorageLocation,
@@ -501,6 +519,13 @@ func TestRestoreReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 				defaultStorageLocation.ObjectMeta.ResourceVersion = ""
 			}()
 
+			if test.podVolumeBackups != nil {
+				for _, pvb := range test.podVolumeBackups {
+					err := fakeClient.Create(t.Context(), pvb)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+				}
+			}
+
 			r := NewRestoreReconciler(
 				t.Context(),
 				velerov1api.DefaultNamespace,
@@ -670,6 +695,10 @@ func TestRestoreReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			// the mock stores the pointer, which gets modified after
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedRestorerCall.Spec, restorer.calledWithArg.Spec)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedRestorerCall.Status.Phase, restorer.calledWithArg.Status.Phase)
+
+			if test.podVolumeBackups != nil {
+				assert.Len(t, restorer.calledWithPVBs, test.expectedPVBCount)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -1021,8 +1050,9 @@ func NewRestore(ns, name, backup, includeNS, includeResource string, phase veler
 
 type fakeRestorer struct {
 	mock.Mock
-	calledWithArg velerov1api.Restore
-	kbClient      client.Client
+	calledWithArg  velerov1api.Restore
+	calledWithPVBs []*velerov1api.PodVolumeBackup
+	kbClient       client.Client
 }
 
 func (r *fakeRestorer) Restore(
@@ -1045,6 +1075,7 @@ func (r *fakeRestorer) RestoreWithResolvers(req *pkgrestore.Request,
 		r.kbClient, volumeSnapshotterGetter)
 
 	r.calledWithArg = *req.Restore
+	r.calledWithPVBs = req.PodVolumeBackups
 
 	return res.Get(0).(results.Result), res.Get(1).(results.Result)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action.go b/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action.go
index 4e3180fef..e26a53034 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func (a *PodVolumeRestoreAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteI
 
 	opts := &ctrlclient.ListOptions{
 		LabelSelector: label.NewSelectorForBackup(input.Restore.Spec.BackupName),
+		Namespace:     input.Restore.Namespace,
 	}
 	podVolumeBackupList := new(velerov1api.PodVolumeBackupList)
 	if err := a.crClient.List(context.TODO(), podVolumeBackupList, opts); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action_test.go b/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action_test.go
index 70911ca37..bc9662ab7 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/actions/pod_volume_restore_action_test.go
@@ -350,6 +350,28 @@ func TestPodVolumeRestoreActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 						VolumeMounts(builder.ForVolumeMount("myvol", "/restores/myvol").Result()).
 						Command([]string{"/velero-restore-helper"}).Result()).Result(),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "pod volume backups in a different namespace are ignored when looking for matches due to namespace scoping",
+			pod: builder.ForPod("ns-1", "my-pod").
+				Volumes(
+					builder.ForVolume("myvol").PersistentVolumeClaimSource("pvc-1").Result(),
+				).
+				Result(),
+			podVolumeBackups: []runtime.Object{
+				builder.ForPodVolumeBackup("other-ns", "pvb-1").
+					PodName("my-pod").
+					PodNamespace("ns-1").
+					Volume("myvol").
+					ObjectMeta(builder.WithLabels(velerov1api.BackupNameLabel, backupName)).
+					SnapshotID("foo").
+					Result(),
+			},
+			want: builder.ForPod("ns-1", "my-pod").
+				Volumes(
+					builder.ForVolume("myvol").PersistentVolumeClaimSource("pvc-1").Result(),
+				).
+				Result(),
+		},
 	}
 
 	veleroDeployment := &appsv1api.Deployment{