diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
index afee46126758..b0bf245f3a19 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ private void removeTableFromBackupImage(BackupInfo info, TableName tn, BackupSys
   private List<BackupInfo> getAffectedBackupSessions(BackupInfo backupInfo, TableName tn,
     BackupSystemTable table) throws IOException {
     LOG.debug("GetAffectedBackupInfos for: " + backupInfo.getBackupId() + " table=" + tn);
+    if (backupInfo.getState() != BackupState.COMPLETE) {
+      return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
     long ts = backupInfo.getStartTs();
     List<BackupInfo> list = new ArrayList<>();
     List<BackupInfo> history = table.getBackupHistory(withRoot(backupInfo.getBackupRootDir()));
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
index b1dec43fef54..ffb9798ddcc8 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupInfo.BackupState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.impl.BackupAdminImpl;
@@ -104,6 +106,25 @@ public void testIncBackupRestore() throws Exception {
     // #3 - incremental backup for multiple tables
     incrementalBackupWithFailures();
 
+    String failedBackupId;
+    try (BackupSystemTable table = new BackupSystemTable(conn)) {
+      failedBackupId =
+        table.getBackupHistory(BackupInfo.withState(BackupState.FAILED)).get(0).getBackupId();
+    }
+
+    conf1.unset(TableBackupClient.BACKUP_CLIENT_IMPL_CLASS);
+    String backupIdIncremental = client.backupTables(createBackupRequest(BackupType.INCREMENTAL,
+      Lists.newArrayList(table1, table2), BACKUP_ROOT_DIR));
+    assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdIncremental));
+
+    assertEquals(1, client.deleteBackups(new String[] { failedBackupId }));
+    assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdIncremental));
+    try (BackupSystemTable table = new BackupSystemTable(conn)) {
+      assertNull(table.readBackupInfo(failedBackupId));
+      assertEquals(Set.of(table1, table2),
+        Set.copyOf(table.readBackupInfo(backupIdIncremental).getTableNames()));
+    }
+
     admin.close();
     conn.close();