4 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/import.data b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/import.data
index d89f190d17f..43ded9f7593 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/import.data
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/import.data
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
     "vendor": "wiredtiger",
     "github": "wiredtiger/wiredtiger.git",
     "branch": "mongodb-4.4",
-    "commit": "c5b5e47d2c3023a41782be617dad72aa13ffa86c"
+    "commit": "b32ec77d65b3e5e8ce2d3acf4918a8df014c8e69"
 }
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/meta/meta_turtle.c b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/meta/meta_turtle.c
index 309c80eaa05..a2b85285990 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/meta/meta_turtle.c
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/meta/meta_turtle.c
@@ -324,8 +324,11 @@ __wt_turtle_init(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session)
         WT_RET(ret);
     }
 
-    /* Remove the backup files, we'll never read them again. */
-    return (__wt_backup_file_remove(session));
+    /*
+     * We used to remove the backup file here. But we cannot do that until the metadata is fully
+     * synced to disk after recovery.
+     */
+    return (ret);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
index e4ab6778af8..be072499e36 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,15 @@ __checkpoint_lock_dirty_tree_int(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, bool is_checkpoint, b
         is_wt_ckpt = WT_PREFIX_MATCH(ckpt->name, WT_CHECKPOINT);
 
         /*
+         * If we are restarting from a backup and we're in recovery do not delete any checkpoints.
+         * In the event of a crash we may need to restart from the backup and all checkpoints that
+         * were in the backup file must remain.
+         */
+        if (F_ISSET(conn, WT_CONN_RECOVERING) && F_ISSET(conn, WT_CONN_WAS_BACKUP)) {
+            F_CLR(ckpt, WT_CKPT_DELETE);
+            continue;
+        }
+        /*
          * If there is a hot backup, don't delete any WiredTiger checkpoint that could possibly have
          * been created before the backup started. Fail if trying to delete any other named
          * checkpoint.
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_recover.c b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_recover.c
index 02d7d5e7a05..1036b761c37 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_recover.c
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/txn/txn_recover.c
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@ done:
          */
         WT_ERR(session->iface.checkpoint(&session->iface, "force=1"));
 
+    /* Remove any backup file now that metadata has been synced. */
+    WT_ERR(__wt_backup_file_remove(session));
+
     /*
      * Update the open dhandles write generations and base write generation with the connection's
      * base write generation because the recovery checkpoint writes the pages to disk with new write