diff --git a/packages/element/src/typeChecks.ts b/packages/element/src/typeChecks.ts
index fb321f209..aed06c812 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/typeChecks.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/typeChecks.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ export const isBoundToContainer = (
   );
 };
 
+export const isArrowBoundToElement = (element: ExcalidrawArrowElement) => {
+  return !!element.startBinding || !!element.endBinding;
+};
+
 export const isUsingAdaptiveRadius = (type: string) =>
   type === "rectangle" ||
   type === "embeddable" ||
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
index 1811cbb57..cafc0bdd6 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { bumpVersion } from "@excalidraw/element/mutateElement";
 import { getContainerElement } from "@excalidraw/element/textElement";
 import { detectLineHeight } from "@excalidraw/element/textMeasurements";
 import {
+  isArrowBoundToElement,
   isArrowElement,
   isElbowArrow,
   isFixedPointBinding,
@@ -594,8 +595,7 @@ export const restoreElements = (
   return restoredElements.map((element) => {
     if (
       isElbowArrow(element) &&
-      element.startBinding == null &&
-      element.endBinding == null &&
+      !isArrowBoundToElement(element) &&
       !validateElbowPoints(element.points)
     ) {
       return {