diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/ledger_storage.rs b/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/ledger_storage.rs
index 2ac3862b8c..3cdacf6bc1 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/ledger_storage.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/lib/preflight/src/ledger_storage.rs
@@ -227,13 +227,22 @@ impl LedgerStorage {
 
 impl SnapshotSource for LedgerStorage {
     fn get(&self, key: &Rc<LedgerKey>) -> Result<(Rc<LedgerEntry>, Option<u32>), HostError> {
-        let mut entry_and_expiration =
-            <LedgerStorage>::get(self, key, self.restore_tracker.is_some())?;
+        let include_expired = self.restore_tracker.is_some();
+        let mut entry_and_expiration = <LedgerStorage>::get(self, key, include_expired)?;
         if let Some(ref tracker) = self.restore_tracker {
             // If the entry expired, we modify the expiration to make it seem like it was restored
             entry_and_expiration.1 =
                 tracker.track_and_restore(self.current_ledger_sequence, key, &entry_and_expiration);
         }
+        if include_expired {
+            // get(include_expired=true) returns both temporary and persistent expired entries,
+            // so we need to separately discard any expired temporary entries (which are not restorable)
+            if let Some(expiration) = entry_and_expiration.1 {
+                if has_expired(expiration, self.current_ledger_sequence) {
+                    return Err(ScError::Storage(ScErrorCode::MissingValue).into());
+                }
+            }
+        }
         Ok((entry_and_expiration.0.into(), entry_and_expiration.1))
     }