diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 90a6812c5..d16cb822d 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@
                         <p>Add helper for repository storage.</p>
                     </release-item>
 
+                    <release-item>
+                        <release-item-contributor-list>
+                            <release-item-contributor id="cynthia.shang"/>
+                        </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                        <p>Restore <code>bIgnoreMissing</code> flag in <code>backupFile()</code> lost in storage refactor.</p>
+                    </release-item>
+
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Migrate <code>walIsPartial()</code>, <code>walIsSegment()</code>, and <code>walSegmentFind()</code> from Perl to C.</p>
                     </release-item>
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Backup/File.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Backup/File.pm
index da912a7c4..1c5e157c2 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Backup/File.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Backup/File.pm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sub backupFile
         }
 
         # Open the file
-        my $oSourceFileIo = storageDb()->openRead($strDbFile, {rhyFilter => $rhyFilter, bIgnoreMissing => true});
+        my $oSourceFileIo = storageDb()->openRead($strDbFile, {rhyFilter => $rhyFilter, bIgnoreMissing => $bIgnoreMissing});
 
         # If source file exists
         if (defined($oSourceFileIo))
diff --git a/src/perl/embed.auto.c b/src/perl/embed.auto.c
index df4fe4926..9782422f7 100644
--- a/src/perl/embed.auto.c
+++ b/src/perl/embed.auto.c
@@ -3188,7 +3188,7 @@ static const EmbeddedModule embeddedModule[] =
             "push(@{$rhyFilter}, {strClass => STORAGE_FILTER_GZIP, rxyParam => [{iLevel => $iCompressLevel}]});\n"
             "}\n"
             "\n\n"
-            "my $oSourceFileIo = storageDb()->openRead($strDbFile, {rhyFilter => $rhyFilter, bIgnoreMissing => true});\n"
+            "my $oSourceFileIo = storageDb()->openRead($strDbFile, {rhyFilter => $rhyFilter, bIgnoreMissing => $bIgnoreMissing});\n"
             "\n\n"
             "if (defined($oSourceFileIo))\n"
             "{\n"