diff --git a/pkg/service/restore/worker.go b/pkg/service/restore/worker.go
index 4237eee6dc..1b931dc3c7 100644
--- a/pkg/service/restore/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/service/restore/worker.go
@@ -121,13 +121,11 @@ func (w *worker) initTarget(ctx context.Context, properties json.RawMessage) err
 			remotePath     = l.RemotePath("")
 			locationStatus = status
 		)
-		// In order to improve restore schema stability, we ignore location's dc assignment
-		if t.RestoreTables {
-			if l.DC == "" {
-				w.logger.Info(ctx, "No datacenter specified for location - using all nodes for this location", "location", l)
-			} else {
-				locationStatus = status.Datacenter([]string{l.DC})
-			}
+
+		if l.DC == "" {
+			w.logger.Info(ctx, "No datacenter specified for location - using all nodes for this location", "location", l)
+		} else {
+			locationStatus = status.Datacenter([]string{l.DC})
 		}
 
 		nodes, err := w.client.GetNodesWithLocationAccess(ctx, locationStatus, remotePath)