diff --git a/pkg/restic/restic.go b/pkg/restic/restic.go
index bcaa927aee..0b9cc0a3e3 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restic.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restic.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func SnapshotIDFromSnapshotLog(output string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithMessage(err, "Failed to unmarshall output from snapshotCommand")
 	}
-	if len(result) != 1 {
+	if len(result) == 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("Snapshot not found")
 	}
 	snapId := result[0]["short_id"]
diff --git a/pkg/restic/restic_test.go b/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
index a3f7ecd2bc..5877128e3c 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restic_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (s *ResticDataSuite) TestGetSnapshotIDFromTag(c *C) {
 		checker  Checker
 	}{
 		{log: `[{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"}]`, expected: "7c0bfeb9", checker: IsNil},
-		{log: `[{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"},{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"}]`, expected: "", checker: NotNil},
+		{log: `[{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"},{"time":"2019-03-28T17:35:15.146526-07:00","hostname":"MacBook-Pro.local","username":"abc","uid":501,"gid":20,"tags":["backup123"],"id":"7c0bfeb93dd5b390a6eaf8a386ec8cb86e4631f2d96400407b529b53d979536a","short_id":"7c0bfeb9"}]`, expected: "7c0bfeb9", checker: IsNil},
 		{log: `null`, expected: "", checker: NotNil},
 	} {
 		id, err := SnapshotIDFromSnapshotLog(tc.log)