diff --git a/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go b/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
index b5f815018..fe11e8995 100644
--- a/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
+++ b/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ func (p *PostgresKeeper) postgresKeeperSM(pctx context.Context) {
 				log.Errorw("failed to stop pg instance", zap.Error(err))
 				return
 			}
+			pgm.SetRecoveryOptions(nil)
 		case cluster.DBInitModeResync:
 			log.Infow("resyncing the database cluster")
 			ndbls := &DBLocalState{