diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
index 22e57fcc9..3539e2fa4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class Admin::BackupsController < Admin::AdminController
       client_id: params.fetch(:client_id),
       publish_to_message_bus: true,
     }
+    SiteSetting.set_and_log(:disable_emails, true, current_user)
     BackupRestore.restore!(current_user.id, opts)
   rescue BackupRestore::OperationRunningError
     render json: failed_json.merge(message: I18n.t("backup.operation_already_running"))
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/backups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/backups_controller_spec.rb
index 050201a6a..82b9e69dd 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/backups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/backups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@ describe Admin::BackupsController do
     describe ".restore" do
 
       it "starts a restore" do
+        expect(SiteSetting.disable_emails).to eq(false)
         BackupRestore.expects(:restore!).with(@admin.id, filename: backup_filename, publish_to_message_bus: true, client_id: "foo")
 
         xhr :post, :restore, id: backup_filename, client_id: "foo"
 
+        expect(SiteSetting.disable_emails).to eq(true)
         expect(response).to be_success
       end