diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/backup_copy.cc b/extra/mariabackup/backup_copy.cc
index 9b0304a6c96..6a0287504a8 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/backup_copy.cc
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/backup_copy.cc
@@ -2193,6 +2193,7 @@ static bool backup_files_from_datadir(const char *dir_path)
 			pname = info.name;
 
 		if (!starts_with(pname, "aws-kms-key") &&
+			!strstr(pname, ".mrn") &&
 			!starts_with(pname, "aria_log"))
 			/* For ES exchange the above line with the following code:
 			(!xtrabackup_prepare || !xtrabackup_incremental_dir ||