diff --git a/pkg/service/restore/index.go b/pkg/service/restore/index.go
index d24def7eb..1d2b14d11 100644
--- a/pkg/service/restore/index.go
+++ b/pkg/service/restore/index.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package restore
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	. "github.com/scylladb/scylla-manager/v3/pkg/service/backup/backupspec"
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ func (w *tablesWorker) indexLocationWorkload(ctx context.Context, location Locat
 	if err != nil {
 		return LocationWorkload{}, errors.Wrap(err, "create remote dir workloads")
 	}
+	if w.target.Continue {
+		rawWorkload, err = w.filterPreviouslyRestoredSStables(rawWorkload)
+		if err != nil {
+			return LocationWorkload{}, errors.Wrap(err, "filter already restored sstables")
+		}
+	}
 	return aggregateLocationWorkload(rawWorkload), nil
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +121,44 @@ func (w *tablesWorker) createRemoteDirWorkloads(ctx context.Context, location Lo
 	return rawWorkload, nil
 }
 
+func (w *tablesWorker) filterPreviouslyRestoredSStables(rawWorkload []RemoteDirWorkload) ([]RemoteDirWorkload, error) {
+	remoteSSTableDirToRestoredIDs := make(map[string][]string)
+	err := forEachProgress(w.session, w.run.ClusterID, w.run.TaskID, w.run.ID, func(pr *RunProgress) {
+		if validateTimeIsSet(pr.RestoreCompletedAt) {
+			remoteSSTableDirToRestoredIDs[pr.RemoteSSTableDir] = append(remoteSSTableDirToRestoredIDs[pr.RemoteSSTableDir], pr.SSTableID...)
+		}
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "iterate over prev run progress")
+	}
+	if len(remoteSSTableDirToRestoredIDs) == 0 {
+		return rawWorkload, nil
+	}
+
+	var filtered []RemoteDirWorkload
+	for _, rw := range rawWorkload {
+		var filteredSSTables []RemoteSSTable
+		var size int64
+		for _, sst := range rw.SSTables {
+			if !slices.Contains(remoteSSTableDirToRestoredIDs[rw.RemoteSSTableDir], sst.ID) {
+				filteredSSTables = append(filteredSSTables, sst)
+				size += sst.Size
+			}
+		}
+		if len(filteredSSTables) > 0 {
+			filtered = append(filtered, RemoteDirWorkload{
+				TableName:        rw.TableName,
+				ManifestInfo:     rw.ManifestInfo,
+				RemoteSSTableDir: rw.RemoteSSTableDir,
+				Size:             size,
+				SSTables:         filteredSSTables,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return filtered, nil
+}
+
 func aggregateLocationWorkload(rawWorkload []RemoteDirWorkload) LocationWorkload {
 	remoteDirWorkloads := make(map[TableName][]RemoteDirWorkload)
 	for _, rw := range rawWorkload {