diff --git a/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore-tnf.sh b/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore-tnf.sh
index 63074cd34..a0e5737d5 100644
--- a/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore-tnf.sh
+++ b/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore-tnf.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ if [ -d "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}/member" ]; then
   mv "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"/member "${ETCD_DATA_DIR_BACKUP}"/
 fi
 
+# Move any remaining files out of the data dir before wiping it.
+backup_remaining_etcd_data_dir_contents
+
 echo "removing etcd data dir..."
 rm -rf "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"
 mkdir -p "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"
diff --git a/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore.sh b/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore.sh
index 8e36dd7ba..962a5610b 100644
--- a/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore.sh
+++ b/bindata/etcd/cluster-restore.sh
@@ -110,14 +110,9 @@ if [ -z "${ETCD_ETCDCTL_RESTORE}" ]; then
   cp -p "${SNAPSHOT_FILE}" "${ETCD_DATA_DIR_BACKUP}"/snapshot.db
   # Move the revision.json when it exists
   [ ! -f "${ETCD_REV_JSON}" ] ||  mv -f "${ETCD_REV_JSON}" "${ETCD_DATA_DIR_BACKUP}"/revision.json
-  # removing any fio perf files left behind that could be deleted without problems
-  rm -f "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"/etcd_perf*
-
-  # ensure the folder is really empty, otherwise the restore pod will crash loop
-  if [ -n "$(ls -A "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}")" ]; then
-      echo "folder ${ETCD_DATA_DIR} is not empty, please review and remove all files in it"
-      exit 1
-  fi
+  # Move any remaining files (fio perf artifacts, stray snapshots, etc.) out of the data dir.
+  # The restore pod requires /var/lib/etcd to be empty before it runs.
+  backup_remaining_etcd_data_dir_contents
 
   echo "starting restore-etcd static pod"
   cp -p "${RESTORE_ETCD_POD_YAML}" "${MANIFEST_DIR}/etcd-pod.yaml"
diff --git a/bindata/etcd/etcd-common-tools b/bindata/etcd/etcd-common-tools
index 99bf470f1..f3c36da64 100644
--- a/bindata/etcd/etcd-common-tools
+++ b/bindata/etcd/etcd-common-tools
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ function wait_for_containers_to_stop() {
   done
 }
 
+function backup_remaining_etcd_data_dir_contents() {
+  local entry base extras_dir="${ETCD_DATA_DIR_BACKUP}/extra-data-dir-contents"
+
+  mkdir -p "${extras_dir}"
+
+  shopt -s nullglob dotglob
+  for entry in "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"/*; do
+    base=$(basename "${entry}")
+    if [ -e "${extras_dir}/${base}" ]; then
+      echo "removing previous backup ${extras_dir}/${base}"
+      rm -rf "${extras_dir:?}/${base}"
+    fi
+    echo "Moving ${entry} to ${extras_dir}/"
+    mv "${entry}" "${extras_dir}/"
+  done
+  shopt -u nullglob dotglob
+}
+
 function mv_static_pods() {
   local containers=("$@")