diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1843 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1843
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b891adc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1843
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Correctly restore timestamp on long filepaths on old Windows versions
+
+The `restore` command did not restore timestamps on file paths longer than 256
+characters on Windows versions before Windows 10 1607.
+
+This issue is now resolved.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1843
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5061
diff --git a/internal/fs/node.go b/internal/fs/node.go
index 280e290c2..a273a9f08 100644
--- a/internal/fs/node.go
+++ b/internal/fs/node.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func nodeRestoreTimestamps(node *restic.Node, path string) error {
 		return nodeRestoreSymlinkTimestamps(path, utimes)
 	}
 
-	if err := syscall.UtimesNano(path, utimes[:]); err != nil {
+	if err := syscall.UtimesNano(fixpath(path), utimes[:]); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "UtimesNano")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/fs/node_windows.go b/internal/fs/node_windows.go
index 9d46143cc..836e7b5d4 100644
--- a/internal/fs/node_windows.go
+++ b/internal/fs/node_windows.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func genericAttributesToWindowsAttrs(attrs map[restic.GenericAttributeType]json.
 // restoreCreationTime gets the creation time from the data and sets it to the file/folder at
 // the specified path.
 func restoreCreationTime(path string, creationTime *syscall.Filetime) (err error) {
-	pathPointer, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	pathPointer, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(fixpath(path))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func restoreCreationTime(path string, creationTime *syscall.Filetime) (err error
 // restoreFileAttributes gets the File Attributes from the data and sets them to the file/folder
 // at the specified path.
 func restoreFileAttributes(path string, fileAttributes *uint32) (err error) {
-	pathPointer, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	pathPointer, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(fixpath(path))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}