diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 619db5b87e..d67da67f81 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -1387,7 +1387,14 @@ func (ctx *restoreContext) restoreItem(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, groupReso
 			additionalResourceID := getResourceID(additionalItem.GroupResource, additionalItem.Namespace, additionalItem.Name)
 			additionalObj, err := archive.Unmarshal(ctx.fileSystem, itemPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				errs.Add(namespace, errors.Wrapf(err, "error restoring additional item %s", additionalResourceID))
+				ctx.log.WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+					"additionalResource":          additionalItem.GroupResource.String(),
+					"additionalResourceNamespace": additionalItem.Namespace,
+					"additionalResourceName":      additionalItem.Name,
+				}).Warn("Could not unmarshal additional item")
+				errs.Add(namespace, errors.Wrapf(err, "Could not unmarshal additional item: %s", additionalResourceID))
+
+				continue
 			}
 
 			additionalItemNamespace := additionalItem.Namespace
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
index f3da852023..1c87d7fb0d 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore_test.go
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ func TestInvalidTarballContents(t *testing.T) {
 		backup       *velerov1api.Backup
 		apiResources []*test.APIResource
 		tarball      io.Reader
+		actions      []riav2.RestoreItemAction
 		want         map[*test.APIResource][]string
 		wantErrs     Result
 		wantWarnings Result
@@ -991,6 +992,39 @@ func TestInvalidTarballContents(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid JSON for additional item is reported as an error and restore continues",
+			restore: defaultRestore().IncludedNamespaces("ns-1").Result(),
+			backup:  defaultBackup().Result(),
+			tarball: test.NewTarWriter(t).
+				AddItems("pods", builder.ForPod("ns-1", "pod-1").Result()).
+				Add("resources/persistentvolumes/cluster/pv-1.json", []byte("invalid JSON")).
+				Done(),
+			apiResources: []*test.APIResource{
+				test.Pods(),
+				test.PVs(),
+			},
+			actions: []riav2.RestoreItemAction{
+				&pluggableAction{
+					executeFunc: func(input *velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteInput) (*velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput, error) {
+						return &velero.RestoreItemActionExecuteOutput{
+							UpdatedItem: input.Item,
+							AdditionalItems: []velero.ResourceIdentifier{
+								{GroupResource: kuberesource.PersistentVolumes, Name: "pv-1"},
+							},
+						}, nil
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: map[*test.APIResource][]string{
+				test.Pods(): {"ns-1/pod-1"},
+			},
+			wantErrs: Result{
+				Namespaces: map[string][]string{
+					"ns-1": {"Could not unmarshal additional item: persistentvolumes/pv-1"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
@@ -1012,8 +1046,8 @@ func TestInvalidTarballContents(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			warnings, errs := h.restorer.Restore(
 				data,
-				nil, // restoreItemActions
-				nil, // volume snapshotter getter
+				tc.actions, // restoreItemActions
+				nil,        // volume snapshotter getter
 			)
 			assertWantErrsOrWarnings(t, tc.wantWarnings, warnings)
 			assertWantErrsOrWarnings(t, tc.wantErrs, errs)