diff --git a/internal/restore/pvc_action.go b/internal/restore/pvc_action.go
index 80b737f4..04f5c772 100644
--- a/internal/restore/pvc_action.go
+++ b/internal/restore/pvc_action.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/velero"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ func (p *PVCRestoreItemAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInp
 		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 	p.Log.Infof("Starting PVCRestoreItemAction for PVC %s/%s", pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
+	if boolptr.IsSetToFalse(input.Restore.Spec.RestorePVs) {
+		p.Log.Infof("Restore did not request for PVs to be restored %s/%s", input.Restore.Namespace, input.Restore.Name)
+		return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{SkipRestore: true}, nil
+	}
 
 	removePVCAnnotations(&pvc,
 		[]string{AnnBindCompleted, AnnBoundByController, AnnStorageProvisioner, AnnBetaStorageProvisioner, AnnSelectedNode})
diff --git a/internal/restore/volumesnapshot_action.go b/internal/restore/volumesnapshot_action.go
index 88935726..ada1d05c 100644
--- a/internal/restore/volumesnapshot_action.go
+++ b/internal/restore/volumesnapshot_action.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/label"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/velero"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 )
 
 // VolumeSnapshotRestoreItemAction is a Velero restore item action plugin for VolumeSnapshots
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ func resetVolumeSnapshotAnnotation(vs *snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshot) {
 // to recreate a volumesnapshotcontent object and statically bind the Volumesnapshot object being restored.
 func (p *VolumeSnapshotRestoreItemAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInput) (*velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput, error) {
 	p.Log.Info("Starting VolumeSnapshotRestoreItemAction")
+	if boolptr.IsSetToFalse(input.Restore.Spec.RestorePVs) {
+		p.Log.Infof("Restore did not request for PVs to be restored %s/%s", input.Restore.Namespace, input.Restore.Name)
+		return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{SkipRestore: true}, nil
+	}
 	var vs snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshot
 
 	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(input.Item.UnstructuredContent(), &vs); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/restore/volumesnapshotclass_action.go b/internal/restore/volumesnapshotclass_action.go
index 6e9c3bc7..1ceacd6e 100644
--- a/internal/restore/volumesnapshotclass_action.go
+++ b/internal/restore/volumesnapshotclass_action.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/velero"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 )
 
 // VolumeSnapshotClassRestoreItemAction is a Velero restore item action plugin for VolumeSnapshotClass
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ func (p *VolumeSnapshotClassRestoreItemAction) AppliesTo() (velero.ResourceSelec
 // Execute restores volumesnapshotclass objects returning any snapshotlister secret as additional items to restore
 func (p *VolumeSnapshotClassRestoreItemAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInput) (*velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput, error) {
 	p.Log.Info("Starting VolumeSnapshotClassRestoreItemAction")
-
+	if boolptr.IsSetToFalse(input.Restore.Spec.RestorePVs) {
+		p.Log.Infof("Restore did not request for PVs to be restored %s/%s", input.Restore.Namespace, input.Restore.Name)
+		return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{SkipRestore: true}, nil
+	}
 	var snapClass snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotClass
 
 	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(input.Item.UnstructuredContent(), &snapClass); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/restore/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go b/internal/restore/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
index 3be6b722..b141aa8d 100644
--- a/internal/restore/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
+++ b/internal/restore/volumesnapshotcontent_action.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/internal/util"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/plugin/velero"
+	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
 )
 
 // VolumeSnapshotContentRestoreItemAction is a restore item action plugin for Velero
@@ -46,7 +47,10 @@ func (p *VolumeSnapshotContentRestoreItemAction) AppliesTo() (velero.ResourceSel
 func (p *VolumeSnapshotContentRestoreItemAction) Execute(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInput) (*velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput, error) {
 	p.Log.Info("Starting VolumeSnapshotContentRestoreItemAction")
 	var snapCont snapshotv1api.VolumeSnapshotContent
-
+	if boolptr.IsSetToFalse(input.Restore.Spec.RestorePVs) {
+		p.Log.Infof("Restore did not request for PVs to be restored %s/%s", input.Restore.Namespace, input.Restore.Name)
+		return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{SkipRestore: true}, nil
+	}
 	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(input.Item.UnstructuredContent(), &snapCont); err != nil {
 		return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to convert input.Item from unstructured")
 	}