diff --git a/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs b/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
index cd34697895..4ae67ed30d 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
@@ -312,9 +312,7 @@ where
                 self.timeline.pg_version,
             )?;
 
-        let lazy_slru_download = (self.lazy_slru_download_enabled
-            || self.timeline.get_lazy_slru_download())
-            && !self.full_backup;
+        let lazy_slru_download = self.timeline.get_lazy_slru_download(self.lazy_slru_download_enabled) && !self.full_backup;
 
         let pgversion = self.timeline.pg_version;
         let subdirs = dispatch_pgversion!(pgversion, &pgv::bindings::PGDATA_SUBDIRS[..]);
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 106ed7a14b..d5f3c95e0a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -2490,12 +2490,12 @@ impl Timeline {
         tenant_conf.is_gc_blocked_by_lsn_lease_deadline()
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_lazy_slru_download(&self) -> bool {
+    pub(crate) fn get_lazy_slru_download(&self, lazy_slru_download_enabled_by_cp: bool) -> bool {
         let tenant_conf = self.tenant_conf.load();
         tenant_conf
             .tenant_conf
             .lazy_slru_download
-            .unwrap_or(self.conf.default_tenant_conf.lazy_slru_download)
+            .unwrap_or(lazy_slru_download_enabled_by_cp || self.conf.default_tenant_conf.lazy_slru_download)
     }
 
     /// Checks if a get page request should get perf tracing