diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-workload/install/WorkloadInstallCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-workload/install/WorkloadInstallCommand.cs
index 586c8b87fd74..97a63aea9d47 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-workload/install/WorkloadInstallCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/commands/dotnet-workload/install/WorkloadInstallCommand.cs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public void InstallWorkloads(IEnumerable<WorkloadId> workloadIds, bool skipManif
             if (!skipManifestUpdate)
             {
                 var installStateFilePath = Path.Combine(WorkloadInstallType.GetInstallStateFolder(_sdkFeatureBand, _dotnetPath), "default.json");
-                if (File.Exists(installStateFilePath))
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_fromRollbackDefinition) && File.Exists(installStateFilePath) && InstallStateContents.FromString(File.ReadAllText(installStateFilePath)).Manifests is not null)
                 {
                     //  If there is a rollback state file, then we don't want to automatically update workloads when a workload is installed
                     //  To update to a new version, the user would need to run "dotnet workload update"