diff --git a/worker/file_handler.go b/worker/file_handler.go
index 26d8959eeae..c2e6e442fdc 100644
--- a/worker/file_handler.go
+++ b/worker/file_handler.go
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ func (h *fileHandler) GetManifests(uri *url.URL, backupId string) ([]*Manifest,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Sort manifests in the ascending order of their BackupNum so that the first
+	// manifest corresponds to the first full backup and so on.
+	sort.Slice(manifests, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return manifests[i].BackupNum < manifests[j].BackupNum
+	})
 	return manifests, nil
 }