diff --git a/app/jobs/onceoff/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups.rb b/app/jobs/onceoff/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0791a01c0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/onceoff/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Jobs
+  class VacateLegacyPrefixBackups < ::Jobs::Onceoff
+    def execute_onceoff(args)
+      args ||= {}
+      BackupRestore::S3BackupStore.create(s3_options: args[:s3_options]).vacate_legacy_prefix if SiteSetting.backup_location == BackupLocationSiteSetting::S3
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store.rb b/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store.rb
index 2c1bfc0c6d4..108cb661ba7 100644
--- a/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store.rb
+++ b/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 module BackupRestore
   class S3BackupStore < BackupStore
     UPLOAD_URL_EXPIRES_AFTER_SECONDS ||= 21_600 # 6 hours
-    MULTISITE_PREFIX = "backups"
 
     def initialize(opts = {})
-      s3_options = S3Helper.s3_options(SiteSetting)
-      s3_options.merge!(opts[:s3_options]) if opts[:s3_options]
-      @s3_helper = S3Helper.new(s3_bucket_name_with_prefix, '', s3_options)
+      @s3_options = S3Helper.s3_options(SiteSetting)
+      @s3_options.merge!(opts[:s3_options]) if opts[:s3_options]
+      @s3_helper = S3Helper.new(s3_bucket_name_with_prefix, '', @s3_options.clone)
     end
 
     def remote?
@@ -52,6 +51,20 @@ module BackupRestore
       raise StorageError
     end
 
+    def vacate_legacy_prefix
+      legacy_s3_helper = S3Helper.new(s3_bucket_name_with_legacy_prefix, '', @s3_options.clone)
+      legacy_keys = legacy_s3_helper.list.map { |o| o.key }
+      legacy_keys.each do |legacy_key|
+        bucket, prefix = s3_bucket_name_with_prefix.split('/', 2)
+        @s3_helper.s3_client.copy_object({
+          copy_source: File.join(bucket, legacy_key),
+          bucket: bucket,
+          key: File.join(prefix, legacy_key.split('/').last)
+        })
+        legacy_s3_helper.delete_object(legacy_key)
+      end
+    end
+
     private
 
     def unsorted_files
@@ -99,8 +112,12 @@ module BackupRestore
     end
 
     def s3_bucket_name_with_prefix
+      File.join(SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket, RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db)
+    end
+
+    def s3_bucket_name_with_legacy_prefix
       if Rails.configuration.multisite
-        File.join(SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket, MULTISITE_PREFIX, RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db)
+        File.join(SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket, "backups", RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db)
       else
         SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket
       end
diff --git a/lib/s3_helper.rb b/lib/s3_helper.rb
index 8021c781858..865e9b4e6f1 100644
--- a/lib/s3_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/s3_helper.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ class S3Helper
 
     # delete the file
     s3_filename.prepend(multisite_upload_path) if Rails.configuration.multisite
-    s3_bucket.object(get_path_for_s3_upload(s3_filename)).delete
+    delete_object(get_path_for_s3_upload(s3_filename))
+  rescue Aws::S3::Errors::NoSuchKey
+  end
+
+  def delete_object(key)
+    s3_bucket.object(key).delete
   rescue Aws::S3::Errors::NoSuchKey
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/jobs/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc759792b50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/vacate_legacy_prefix_backups_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "s3_helper"
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe Jobs::VacateLegacyPrefixBackups, type: :multisite do
+  let(:bucket_name) { "backupbucket" }
+
+  before(:all) do
+    @s3_client = Aws::S3::Client.new(stub_responses: true)
+    @s3_options = { client: @s3_client }
+    @objects = []
+    create_backups
+
+    @s3_client.stub_responses(:list_objects_v2, -> (context) do
+      { contents: objects_with_prefix(context) }
+    end)
+  end
+
+  before do
+    SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads = true
+    SiteSetting.s3_access_key_id = "abc"
+    SiteSetting.s3_secret_access_key = "def"
+    SiteSetting.s3_backup_bucket = bucket_name
+    SiteSetting.backup_location = BackupLocationSiteSetting::S3
+  end
+
+  it "copies the backups from legacy path to new path" do
+    @objects.each do |object|
+      legacy_key = object[:key]
+      legacy_object = @s3_client.get_object(bucket: bucket_name, key: legacy_key)
+
+      @s3_client.expects(:copy_object).with({
+        copy_source: File.join(bucket_name, legacy_key),
+        bucket: bucket_name,
+        key: legacy_key.sub(/^backups\//, "")
+      })
+
+      @s3_client.expects(:delete_object).with(bucket: bucket_name, key: legacy_key).returns(legacy_object)
+    end
+
+    described_class.new.execute_onceoff(s3_options: @s3_options)
+  end
+
+  def objects_with_prefix(context)
+    prefix = context.params[:prefix]
+    @objects.select { |obj| obj[:key].start_with?(prefix) }
+  end
+
+  def create_backups
+    @objects.clear
+
+    @objects << { key: "backups/default/b.tar.gz", size: 17, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-09-13T15:10:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "backups/default/filename.tar.gz", size: 17, last_modified: Time.parse("2019-10-18T17:20:00Z") }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store_spec.rb b/spec/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store_spec.rb
index af5a7ca19cf..5f6745ff15a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/backup_restore/s3_backup_store_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe BackupRestore::S3BackupStore do
     @objects = []
 
     def expected_prefix
-      Rails.configuration.multisite ? "backups/#{RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db}/" : ""
+      "#{RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.current_db}/"
     end
 
     def check_context(context)
@@ -102,26 +102,21 @@ describe BackupRestore::S3BackupStore do
 
   def objects_with_prefix(context)
     prefix = context.params[:prefix]
-
-    if prefix.blank?
-      @objects.reject { |obj| obj[:key].include?("backups/") }
-    else
-      @objects.select { |obj| obj[:key].start_with?(prefix) }
-    end
+    @objects.select { |obj| obj[:key].start_with?(prefix) }
   end
 
   def create_backups
     @objects.clear
 
-    @objects << { key: "b.tar.gz", size: 17, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-09-13T15:10:00Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "a.tgz", size: 29, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-02-11T09:27:00Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "r.sql.gz", size: 11, last_modified: Time.parse("2017-12-20T03:48:00Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "no-backup.txt", size: 12, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-09-05T14:27:00Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "subfolder/c.tar.gz", size: 23, last_modified: Time.parse("2019-01-24T18:44:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "default/b.tar.gz", size: 17, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-09-13T15:10:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "default/a.tgz", size: 29, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-02-11T09:27:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "default/r.sql.gz", size: 11, last_modified: Time.parse("2017-12-20T03:48:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "default/no-backup.txt", size: 12, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-09-05T14:27:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "default/subfolder/c.tar.gz", size: 23, last_modified: Time.parse("2019-01-24T18:44:00Z") }
 
-    @objects << { key: "backups/second/multi-2.tar.gz", size: 19, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-11-27T03:16:54Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "backups/second/multi-1.tar.gz", size: 22, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-11-26T03:17:09Z") }
-    @objects << { key: "backups/second/subfolder/multi-3.tar.gz", size: 23, last_modified: Time.parse("2019-01-24T18:44:00Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "second/multi-2.tar.gz", size: 19, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-11-27T03:16:54Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "second/multi-1.tar.gz", size: 22, last_modified: Time.parse("2018-11-26T03:17:09Z") }
+    @objects << { key: "second/subfolder/multi-3.tar.gz", size: 23, last_modified: Time.parse("2019-01-24T18:44:00Z") }
   end
 
   def remove_backups