diff --git a/go/vt/mysqlctl/builtinbackupengine.go b/go/vt/mysqlctl/builtinbackupengine.go
index 09323c9387b..525b8578d44 100644
--- a/go/vt/mysqlctl/builtinbackupengine.go
+++ b/go/vt/mysqlctl/builtinbackupengine.go
@@ -606,6 +606,16 @@ func (be *BuiltinBackupEngine) ExecuteRestore(ctx context.Context, params Restor
 // restoreFiles will copy all the files from the BackupStorage to the
 // right place.
 func (be *BuiltinBackupEngine) restoreFiles(ctx context.Context, params RestoreParams, bh backupstorage.BackupHandle, bm builtinBackupManifest) error {
+	// For optimization, we are replacing pargzip with pgzip, so newBuiltinDecompressor doesn't have to compare and print warning for every file
+	// since newBuiltinDecompressor is helper method and does not hold any state, it was hard to do it in that method itself.
+	if bm.CompressionEngine == PargzipCompressor {
+		params.Logger.Warningf(`engine "pargzip" doesn't support decompression, using "pgzip" instead`)
+		bm.CompressionEngine = PgzipCompressor
+		defer func() {
+			bm.CompressionEngine = PargzipCompressor
+		}()
+	}
+
 	fes := bm.FileEntries
 	sema := sync2.NewSemaphore(params.Concurrency, 0)
 	rec := concurrency.AllErrorRecorder{}
diff --git a/go/vt/mysqlctl/compression.go b/go/vt/mysqlctl/compression.go
index 40c4dc344a3..3d6b017a70b 100644
--- a/go/vt/mysqlctl/compression.go
+++ b/go/vt/mysqlctl/compression.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func newExternalDecompressor(ctx context.Context, cmdStr string, reader io.Reade
 // This returns a reader that will decompress the underlying provided reader and will use the specified supported engine.
 func newBuiltinDecompressor(engine string, reader io.Reader, logger logutil.Logger) (decompressor io.ReadCloser, err error) {
 	if engine == PargzipCompressor {
-		logger.Warningf("engine \"pargzip\" doesn't support decompression, using \"pgzip\" instead")
+		logger.Warningf(`engine "pargzip" doesn't support decompression, using "pgzip" instead`)
 		engine = PgzipCompressor
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/vt/mysqlctl/xtrabackupengine.go b/go/vt/mysqlctl/xtrabackupengine.go
index d0d131e3cee..112bdf4179d 100644
--- a/go/vt/mysqlctl/xtrabackupengine.go
+++ b/go/vt/mysqlctl/xtrabackupengine.go
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ func (be *XtrabackupEngine) ExecuteRestore(ctx context.Context, params RestorePa
 func (be *XtrabackupEngine) restoreFromBackup(ctx context.Context, cnf *Mycnf, bh backupstorage.BackupHandle, bm xtraBackupManifest, logger logutil.Logger) error {
 	// first download the file into a tmp dir
 	// and extract all the files
-
 	tempDir := fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", cnf.TmpDir, time.Now().UTC().Format("xtrabackup-2006-01-02.150405"))
 	// create tempDir
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(tempDir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
@@ -465,6 +464,16 @@ func (be *XtrabackupEngine) restoreFromBackup(ctx context.Context, cnf *Mycnf, b
 		}
 	}(tempDir, logger)
 
+	// For optimization, we are replacing pargzip with pgzip, so newBuiltinDecompressor doesn't have to compare and print warning for every file
+	// since newBuiltinDecompressor is helper method and does not hold any state, it was hard to do it in that method itself.
+	if bm.CompressionEngine == PargzipCompressor {
+		logger.Warningf(`engine "pargzip" doesn't support decompression, using "pgzip" instead`)
+		bm.CompressionEngine = PgzipCompressor
+		defer func() {
+			bm.CompressionEngine = PargzipCompressor
+		}()
+	}
+
 	if err := be.extractFiles(ctx, logger, bh, bm, tempDir); err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("error extracting backup files: %v", err)
 		return err