diff --git a/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.cc b/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.cc
index be6743d058f02d..1a335022213d5e 100644
--- a/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 #include "dbconn.h"
 
+#include <ceph_assert.h>
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
 #include <filesystem>
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ DBConn::DBConn(CephContext* _cct)
       storage_pool_mutex(),
       cct(_cct),
       profile_enabled(_cct->_conf.get_val<bool>("rgw_sfs_sqlite_profile")) {
+  maybe_rename_database_file();
   sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG, &sqlite_error_callback, cct);
   // get_storage() relies on there already being an entry in the pool
   // for the main thread (i.e. the thread that created the DBConn).
@@ -414,4 +416,24 @@ void DBConn::maybe_upgrade_metadata() {
   }
 }
 
+void DBConn::maybe_rename_database_file() const {
+  if (std::filesystem::exists(getLegacyDBPath(cct)) &&
+      !std::filesystem::exists(getDBPath(cct))) {
+    lsubdout(cct, rgw_sfs, SFS_LOG_STARTUP)
+        << fmt::format(
+               "Found legacy database file {}. Moving to new filename {}",
+               getLegacyDBPath(cct), getDBPath(cct)
+           )
+        << dendl;
+    std::error_code ec;
+    std::filesystem::rename(getLegacyDBPath(cct), getDBPath(cct), ec);
+    if (ec) {
+      ceph_abort_msg(fmt::format(
+          "Error renaming legacy database file {} -> {}: {}",
+          getLegacyDBPath(cct), getDBPath(cct), ec.message()
+      ));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace rgw::sal::sfs::sqlite
diff --git a/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.h b/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.h
index 55fd905bab5333..0bc9fe64f5737f 100644
--- a/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.h
+++ b/src/rgw/driver/sfs/sqlite/dbconn.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ constexpr int SFS_METADATA_VERSION = 4;
 /// minimum required version to upgrade db.
 constexpr int SFS_METADATA_MIN_VERSION = 4;
 
+constexpr std::string_view LEGACY_DB_FILENAME = "s3gw.db";
 constexpr std::string_view DB_FILENAME = "sfs.db";
 constexpr std::string_view DB_WAL_FILENAME = "sfs.db-wal";
 
@@ -297,8 +298,16 @@ class DBConn {
     return db_path.string();
   }
 
+  static std::string getLegacyDBPath(CephContext* cct) {
+    auto rgw_sfs_path = cct->_conf.get_val<std::string>("rgw_sfs_data_path");
+    auto db_path =
+        std::filesystem::path(rgw_sfs_path) / std::string(LEGACY_DB_FILENAME);
+    return db_path.string();
+  }
+
   void check_metadata_is_compatible() const;
   void maybe_upgrade_metadata();
+  void maybe_rename_database_file() const;
 };
 
 using DBConnRef = std::shared_ptr<DBConn>;