diff --git a/src/dialogs/restart/dialog-restart-wait.ts b/src/dialogs/restart/dialog-restart-wait.ts
index 001d72953d..4577675ed6 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/restart/dialog-restart-wait.ts
+++ b/src/dialogs/restart/dialog-restart-wait.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { CSSResultGroup } from "lit";
 import { LitElement, css, html, nothing } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, query, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../common/dom/fire_event";
+import "../../components/ha-alert";
 import "../../components/ha-dialog-header";
 import "../../components/ha-icon-button";
 import "../../components/ha-md-dialog";
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ class DialogRestartWait extends LitElement {
 
   private _actionOnIdle?: () => Promise<void>;
 
+  @state()
+  private _error?: string;
+
   @state()
   private _backupState?: ManagerState;
 
@@ -97,8 +101,16 @@ class DialogRestartWait extends LitElement {
           <span slot="title" .title=${this._title}> ${this._title} </span>
         </ha-dialog-header>
         <div slot="content" class="content">
-          <ha-spinner></ha-spinner>
-          ${waitMessage}
+          ${this._error
+            ? html`<ha-alert alert-type="error"
+                >${this.hass.localize("ui.dialogs.restart.error_backup_state", {
+                  error: this._error,
+                })}</ha-alert
+              > `
+            : html`
+                <ha-spinner></ha-spinner>
+                ${waitMessage}
+              `}
         </div>
       </ha-md-dialog>
     `;
@@ -125,10 +137,8 @@ class DialogRestartWait extends LitElement {
           }
         }
       );
-    } catch (err) {
-      // TODO show error to user
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.error(err);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      this._error = err.message || err;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 723efe9cdc..a81a1fd6c7 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -1543,6 +1543,7 @@
         "upload_in_progress": "A backup upload is currently in progress. The action will automatically proceed once the upload process is complete.",
         "restore_in_progress": "A backup restore is currently in progress. The action will automatically proceed once the restore process is complete.",
         "wait_for_backup": "Wait for the backup creation to finish",
+        "error_backup_state": "An error occured while getting the current backup state. Error: {error}",
         "wait_for_upload": "Wait for backup upload to finish",
         "wait_for_restore": "Wait for backup restore to finish",
         "reload": {