diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b26ba95..994c97b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2.0.14.dev0
  * #1208: Fix for the database "restore" action restoring more databases than the "--database" flag
    specifies.
+ * #1212: Fix an error when restoring multiple directory-format database dumps at once.
 
 2.0.13
  * #1054: Allow the Btrfs hook to create and delete snapshots even when running
diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/restore.py b/borgmatic/actions/restore.py
index 8d0e3c7c..92d4612a 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/restore.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/restore.py
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ def get_configured_data_source(config, restore_dump):
 
 
 def strip_path_prefix_from_extracted_dump_destination(
-    destination_path,
+    extract_path,
     borgmatic_runtime_directory,
 ):
     '''
     Directory-format dump files get extracted into a temporary directory containing a path prefix
-    that depends how the files were stored in the archive. So, given the destination path where the
-    dump was extracted and the borgmatic runtime directory, move the dump files such that the
-    restore doesn't have to deal with that varying path prefix.
+    that depends how the files were stored in the archive. So, given the path where the dump was
+    extracted and the borgmatic runtime directory, move the dump files such that the restore doesn't
+    have to deal with that varying path prefix.
 
     For instance, if the dump was extracted to:
 
@@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ def strip_path_prefix_from_extracted_dump_destination(
 
       /run/user/0/borgmatic/postgresql_databases/test/...
     '''
-    for subdirectory_path, _, _ in os.walk(destination_path):
+    for subdirectory_path, _, _ in os.walk(extract_path):
         databases_directory = os.path.basename(subdirectory_path)
 
         if not databases_directory.endswith('_databases'):
             continue
 
-        shutil.move(
-            subdirectory_path,
-            os.path.join(borgmatic_runtime_directory, databases_directory),
-        )
+        destination_path = os.path.join(borgmatic_runtime_directory, databases_directory)
+        shutil.rmtree(destination_path, ignore_errors=True)
+        shutil.move(subdirectory_path, destination_path)
+
         break
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/actions/test_restore.py b/tests/unit/actions/test_restore.py
index 00fc474d..d15e9b87 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actions/test_restore.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actions/test_restore.py
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ def test_strip_path_prefix_from_extracted_dump_destination_renames_first_matchin
         ],
     )
 
+    flexmock(module.shutil).should_receive('rmtree')
     flexmock(module.shutil).should_receive('move').with_args(
         '/foo/bar/postgresql_databases',
         '/run/user/0/borgmatic/postgresql_databases',