diff --git a/app/client/components/__test__/restore-form.test.tsx b/app/client/components/__test__/restore-form.test.tsx
index 3638f1a5..463162ef 100644
--- a/app/client/components/__test__/restore-form.test.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/__test__/restore-form.test.tsx
@@ -75,4 +75,51 @@ describe("RestoreForm", () => {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+
+	test("restores the selected full path when the display root is unrelated", async () => {
+		let restoreRequestBody: unknown;
+
+		server.use(
+			http.get("/api/v1/repositories/:shortId/snapshots/:snapshotId/files", () => {
+				return HttpResponse.json({
+					files: [
+						{ name: "project", path: "/mnt/project", type: "dir" },
+						{ name: "a.txt", path: "/mnt/project/a.txt", type: "file" },
+					],
+				});
+			}),
+			http.post("/api/v1/repositories/:shortId/restore", async ({ request }) => {
+				restoreRequestBody = await request.json();
+				return HttpResponse.json({
+					success: true,
+					message: "Snapshot restored successfully",
+					filesRestored: 1,
+					filesSkipped: 0,
+				});
+			}),
+		);
+
+		render(
+			<RestoreForm
+				repository={fromAny({ shortId: "repo-1", name: "Repo 1" })}
+				snapshotId="snap-1"
+				returnPath="/repositories/repo-1/snap-1"
+				queryBasePath="/mnt/project"
+				displayBasePath="/other/root"
+			/>,
+		);
+
+		const row = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "mnt" });
+		await userEvent.click(within(row).getByRole("checkbox"));
+		await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Restore 1 item" }));
+
+		await waitFor(() => {
+			expect(restoreRequestBody).toEqual({
+				snapshotId: "snap-1",
+				include: ["/mnt"],
+				selectedItemKind: "dir",
+				overwrite: "always",
+			});
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/app/client/components/file-browsers/__tests__/snapshot-tree-browser.test.tsx b/app/client/components/file-browsers/__tests__/snapshot-tree-browser.test.tsx
index 3e8fc202..8fc91c01 100644
--- a/app/client/components/file-browsers/__tests__/snapshot-tree-browser.test.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/file-browsers/__tests__/snapshot-tree-browser.test.tsx
@@ -134,6 +134,33 @@ describe("SnapshotTreeBrowser", () => {
 		expect(selectedKind === "dir").toBe(true);
 	});
 
+	test("keeps full paths when the display root does not contain the query root", async () => {
+		mockListSnapshotFiles();
+
+		let selectedPaths: Set<string> | undefined;
+		let selectedKind: "file" | "dir" | null = null;
+
+		renderSnapshotTreeBrowser({
+			queryBasePath: "/mnt/project",
+			displayBasePath: "/other/root",
+			withCheckboxes: true,
+			onSelectionChange: (paths) => {
+				selectedPaths = paths;
+			},
+			onSingleSelectionKindChange: (kind) => {
+				selectedKind = kind;
+			},
+		});
+
+		const row = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "mnt" });
+		const checkbox = within(row).getByRole("checkbox");
+
+		await userEvent.click(checkbox);
+
+		expect(selectedPaths ? Array.from(selectedPaths) : []).toEqual(["/mnt"]);
+		expect(selectedKind === "dir").toBe(true);
+	});
+
 	test("shows selected folder state when full paths are provided from the parent", async () => {
 		mockListSnapshotFiles();
 
diff --git a/app/client/components/file-browsers/snapshot-tree-browser.tsx b/app/client/components/file-browsers/snapshot-tree-browser.tsx
index 8a764415..6491e45f 100644
--- a/app/client/components/file-browsers/snapshot-tree-browser.tsx
+++ b/app/client/components/file-browsers/snapshot-tree-browser.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { listSnapshotFilesOptions } from "~/client/api-client/@tanstack/react-qu
 import { FileBrowser, type FileBrowserUiProps } from "~/client/components/file-browsers/file-browser";
 import { useFileBrowser } from "~/client/hooks/use-file-browser";
 import { parseError } from "~/client/lib/errors";
-import { normalizeAbsolutePath } from "@zerobyte/core/utils";
+import { isPathWithin, normalizeAbsolutePath } from "@zerobyte/core/utils";
 import { logger } from "~/client/lib/logger";
 
 function createPathPrefixFns(basePath: string) {
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ export const SnapshotTreeBrowser = (props: SnapshotTreeBrowserProps) => {
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 	const normalizedQueryBasePath = normalizeAbsolutePath(queryBasePath);
 	const normalizedDisplayBasePath = normalizeAbsolutePath(displayBasePath ?? "/");
+	const effectiveDisplayBasePath = isPathWithin(normalizedDisplayBasePath, normalizedQueryBasePath)
+		? normalizedDisplayBasePath
+		: "/";
 
 	const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
 		...listSnapshotFilesOptions({
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ export const SnapshotTreeBrowser = (props: SnapshotTreeBrowserProps) => {
 		enabled,
 	});
 
-	const displayPathFns = useMemo(() => createPathPrefixFns(normalizedDisplayBasePath), [normalizedDisplayBasePath]);
+	const displayPathFns = useMemo(() => createPathPrefixFns(effectiveDisplayBasePath), [effectiveDisplayBasePath]);
 
 	const displaySelectedPaths = useMemo(() => {
 		if (!selectedPaths) return undefined;