diff --git a/jstests/hooks/magic_restore.js b/jstests/hooks/magic_restore.js
index d3d192f6298..d912379504e 100644
--- a/jstests/hooks/magic_restore.js
+++ b/jstests/hooks/magic_restore.js
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ function dataConsistencyCheck(sourceNode, restoreNode, consistencyTs) {
         let sourceDb = sourceNode.getDB(dbName);
         let restoreDb = restoreNode.getDB(dbName);
 
-        let sourceCollections = sourceDatabases[dbName].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+        // Restore will drop "config.placementHistory", so we should omit that namespace from the
+        // consistency checker.
+        let sourceCollections =
+            sourceDatabases[dbName]
+                .filter(collection => dbName !== "config" || collection !== "placementHistory")
+                .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
         let restoreCollections = restoreDatabases[dbName].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
 
         let idx = 0;
@@ -210,7 +215,8 @@ function dataConsistencyCheck(sourceNode, restoreNode, consistencyTs) {
             // collection is expected to be different here since shard names and last known ping
             // times will be different from the source node. The preimages and change_collections
             // collections use independent untimestamped truncates to delete old data, and therefore
-            // they be inconsistent between source and destination.
+            // they be inconsistent between source and destination. placementHistory is dropped by
+            // magic restore.
             if (sourceCollName === "system.keys" || sourceCollName === "mongos" ||
                 sourceCollName === "system.preimages" ||
                 sourceCollName === "system.change_collection") {