diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/savepoint/SavepointHelpers.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/savepoint/SavepointHelpers.java
index c12a4f169b9d0..f00cd87797f6b 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/savepoint/SavepointHelpers.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/action/savepoint/SavepointHelpers.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.table.action.savepoint;
 
-import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTableType;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstant;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
@@ -33,9 +32,6 @@ public class SavepointHelpers {
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(SavepointHelpers.class);
 
   public static void deleteSavepoint(HoodieTable table, String savepointTime) {
-    if (table.getMetaClient().getTableType() == HoodieTableType.MERGE_ON_READ) {
-      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Savepointing is not supported or MergeOnRead table types");
-    }
     HoodieInstant savePoint = new HoodieInstant(false, HoodieTimeline.SAVEPOINT_ACTION, savepointTime);
     boolean isSavepointPresent = table.getCompletedSavepointTimeline().containsInstant(savePoint);
     if (!isSavepointPresent) {
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
index de89affbfc693..66e21bf4c45c9 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/client/functional/TestHoodieClientOnCopyOnWriteStorage.java
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ private void testUpsertsInternal(HoodieWriteConfig config,
 
     assertFalse(metaClient.reloadActiveTimeline().getRollbackTimeline().lastInstant().isPresent());
 
+    client.deleteSavepoint("004");
+    assertFalse(metaClient.reloadActiveTimeline().getSavePointTimeline().containsInstant("004"));
+
     // Check the entire dataset has all records still
     String[] fullPartitionPaths = new String[dataGen.getPartitionPaths().length];
     for (int i = 0; i < fullPartitionPaths.length; i++) {
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
index 0a11425ec5b89..35d7b6329e262 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ void testRestoreWithCleanedUpCommits() throws Exception {
       HoodieTableFileSystemView tableView = getHoodieTableFileSystemView(metaClient, metaClient.getCommitTimeline().filterCompletedInstants(), allFiles);
       Stream<HoodieBaseFile> dataFilesToRead = tableView.getLatestBaseFiles();
       assertFalse(dataFilesToRead.anyMatch(file -> HoodieTimeline.compareTimestamps("002", HoodieTimeline.GREATER_THAN, file.getCommitTime())));
+
+      client.deleteSavepoint("002");
+      assertFalse(metaClient.reloadActiveTimeline().getSavePointTimeline().containsInstant("002"));
     }
   }