diff --git a/services/migrations/restore.go b/services/migrations/restore.go
index 4499f78701a9..c927de0b2bfb 100644
--- a/services/migrations/restore.go
+++ b/services/migrations/restore.go
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ func (r *RepositoryRestorer) GetTopics() ([]string, error) {
 
 	bs, err := os.ReadFile(p)
 	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}