diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index e7acf1fa..2be72772 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -866,10 +866,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 		    'backup',
 		);
 
-		my $vzdump_conf = PVE::Storage::extract_vzdump_config($storecfg, $archive);
-		my $backup_conf = PVE::QemuServer::parse_vm_config("restore/qemu-server/$vmid.conf", $vzdump_conf, 1);
-		PVE::QemuServer::check_bridge_access($rpcenv, $authuser, $backup_conf);
-
 		$archive = $parse_restore_archive->($storecfg, $archive);
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index df0e3bb3..b978ab54 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -7171,6 +7171,7 @@ sub restore_proxmox_backup_archive {
     }
 
     my $new_conf = $restore_merge_config->($conffile, $new_conf_raw, $options->{override_conf});
+    check_bridge_access($rpcenv, $user, $new_conf);
     PVE::QemuConfig->write_config($vmid, $new_conf);
 
     eval { rescan($vmid, 1); };
@@ -7484,6 +7485,7 @@ sub restore_vma_archive {
     }
 
     my $new_conf = $restore_merge_config->($conffile, $new_conf_raw, $opts->{override_conf});
+    check_bridge_access($rpcenv, $user, $new_conf);
     PVE::QemuConfig->write_config($vmid, $new_conf);
 
     eval { rescan($vmid, 1); };