diff --git a/docs/src/samples/cluster-restore-snapshot-full.yaml b/docs/src/samples/cluster-restore-snapshot-full.yaml
index 2c33dbbf60..d0a581d6ba 100644
--- a/docs/src/samples/cluster-restore-snapshot-full.yaml
+++ b/docs/src/samples/cluster-restore-snapshot-full.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
 kind: Cluster
 metadata:
-  name: cluster-restore-pitr
+  name: cluster-restore-full
 spec:
   instances: 3
 
@@ -9,29 +9,10 @@ spec:
     size: 1Gi
     storageClass: csi-hostpath-sc
 
-  externalClusters:
-    - name: origin
-
-      barmanObjectStore:
-        serverName: cluster-example-with-backup
-        destinationPath: s3://backups/
-        endpointURL: http://minio:9000
-        s3Credentials:
-          accessKeyId:
-            name: minio
-            key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
-          secretAccessKey:
-            name: minio
-            key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
-        wal:
-          maxParallel: 8
-
   bootstrap:
     recovery:
-      source: origin
-
       volumeSnapshots:
         storage:
-          name: cluster-example-with-backup-3-1692618163
+          name: cluster-example-2-1695821489
           kind: VolumeSnapshot
           apiGroup: snapshot.storage.k8s.io
diff --git a/internal/cmd/manager/instance/restoresnapshot/cmd.go b/internal/cmd/manager/instance/restoresnapshot/cmd.go
index 694624e17d..c4affa868e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/manager/instance/restoresnapshot/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/manager/instance/restoresnapshot/cmd.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/internal/management/istio"
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/internal/management/linkerd"
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pkg/management"
+	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pkg/management/log"
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pkg/management/postgres"
 )
 
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				PgWal:       pgWal,
 			}
 
-			return execute(ctx, info)
+			err := execute(ctx, info)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "Error while recovering Volume Snapshot backup")
+			}
+			return err
 		},
 		PostRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err := istio.TryInvokeQuitEndpoint(cmd.Context()); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
index 830e82d9d9..a389f6b168 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils.go
@@ -357,9 +357,15 @@ func RemoveFiles(basePath string, filePaths []string) error {
 	for _, pattern := range filePaths {
 		if len(pattern) >= 2 && pattern[len(pattern)-2:] == "/*" {
 			dirPath := filepath.Join(basePath, pattern[:len(pattern)-2])
-			if err := RemoveDirectoryContent(dirPath); err != nil {
+			dirExists, err := FileExists(dirPath)
+			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if dirExists {
+				if err := RemoveDirectoryContent(dirPath); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
index 9b458745a4..a888b18692 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_test.go
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ var _ = Describe("RemoveFiles", func() {
 		err := RemoveFiles(tempDir, []string{
 			"file1.txt",
 			"dir1/*",
+			"non_existent_dir/*",
 		})
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
diff --git a/pkg/management/postgres/restore.go b/pkg/management/postgres/restore.go
index f9ade75b82..f54b7b4c59 100644
--- a/pkg/management/postgres/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/management/postgres/restore.go
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ func (info InitInfo) RestoreSnapshot(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client) err
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if cluster.Spec.Bootstrap == nil || cluster.Spec.Bootstrap.Recovery == nil ||
-		cluster.Spec.Bootstrap.Recovery.Source == "" {
-		// We are recovering from an existing PVC snapshot, we
-		// don't need to invoke the recovery job
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	log.Info("Recovering from volume snapshot",
 		"sourceName", cluster.Spec.Bootstrap.Recovery.Source)
 
@@ -102,6 +95,13 @@ func (info InitInfo) RestoreSnapshot(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client) err
 		return fmt.Errorf("error while cleaning up the recovered PGDATA: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if cluster.Spec.Bootstrap == nil || cluster.Spec.Bootstrap.Recovery == nil ||
+		cluster.Spec.Bootstrap.Recovery.Source == "" {
+		// We are recovering from an existing PVC snapshot, we
+		// don't need to invoke the recovery job
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	backup, env, err := info.createBackupObjectForSnapshotRestore(ctx, cli, cluster)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err