diff --git a/percona/controller/pgrestore/controller_test.go b/percona/controller/pgrestore/controller_test.go
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+package pgrestore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/testutils"
+	pgv2 "github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/pkg/apis/pgv2.percona.com/v2"
+	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/pkg/apis/postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/v1beta1"
+)
+
+func TestDisableRestore(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		backupSpec pgv2.Backups
+	}{
+		{
+			"spec.backups.enabled is false",
+			pgv2.Backups{
+				Enabled:    ptr.To(false),
+				PGBackRest: pgv2.PGBackRestArchive{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"spec.backups.pgbackrest.restore is nil",
+			pgv2.Backups{
+				Enabled:    ptr.To(true),
+				PGBackRest: pgv2.PGBackRestArchive{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"spec.backups.pgbackrest.restore is empty",
+			pgv2.Backups{
+				Enabled: ptr.To(true),
+				PGBackRest: pgv2.PGBackRestArchive{
+					Restore: &v1beta1.PGBackRestRestore{
+						PostgresClusterDataSource: &v1beta1.PostgresClusterDataSource{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"spec.backups.pgbackrest.restore is defined",
+			pgv2.Backups{
+				Enabled: ptr.To(true),
+				PGBackRest: pgv2.PGBackRestArchive{
+					Restore: &v1beta1.PGBackRestRestore{
+						Enabled: ptr.To(true),
+						PostgresClusterDataSource: &v1beta1.PostgresClusterDataSource{
+							RepoName:  "repo1",
+							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"spec.backups.pgbackrest.restore is defined, repoName is empty",
+			pgv2.Backups{
+				Enabled: ptr.To(true),
+				PGBackRest: pgv2.PGBackRestArchive{
+					Restore: &v1beta1.PGBackRestRestore{
+						Enabled: ptr.To(true),
+						PostgresClusterDataSource: &v1beta1.PostgresClusterDataSource{
+							RepoName:  "",
+							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pgc := &pgv2.PerconaPGCluster{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-cluster",
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+				},
+				Spec: pgv2.PerconaPGClusterSpec{
+					Backups: tt.backupSpec,
+				},
+			}
+
+			pgr := &pgv2.PerconaPGRestore{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-restore",
+					Namespace: "test-ns",
+				},
+				Spec: pgv2.PerconaPGRestoreSpec{
+					PGCluster: "test-cluster",
+					RepoName:  "repo1",
+				},
+				Status: pgv2.PerconaPGRestoreStatus{
+					State: pgv2.RestoreRunning,
+				},
+			}
+
+			cl := testutils.BuildFakeClient(pgc, pgr)
+			err := disableRestore(ctx, cl, pgc, pgr)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			updatedPG := &pgv2.PerconaPGCluster{}
+			err = cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pgc), updatedPG)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			require.NotNil(t, updatedPG.Spec.Backups.PGBackRest.Restore)
+			assert.Equal(t, pgc.Spec.Backups.PGBackRest.Restore.RepoName, updatedPG.Spec.Backups.PGBackRest.Restore.RepoName)
+			assert.False(t, *updatedPG.Spec.Backups.PGBackRest.Restore.Enabled, "spec.backups.pgbackrest.restore.enabled should be false")
+
+		})
+	}
+
+}