diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/cluster_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/cluster_test.go
index e6181cad31b..e8fb1e0eee3 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/cluster_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/cluster_test.go
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/cluster"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/throttler"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/concurrency"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/mysqlctl"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vterrors"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plancontext"
 
 	vtctldatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/vtctldata"
@@ -795,24 +797,7 @@ func (vc *VitessCluster) teardown() {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	for _, keyspace := range keyspaces {
-		for _, shard := range keyspace.Shards {
-			for _, tablet := range shard.Tablets {
-				wg.Add(1)
-				go func(tablet2 *Tablet) {
-					defer wg.Done()
-					if tablet2.DbServer != nil && tablet2.DbServer.TabletUID > 0 {
-						if err := tablet2.DbServer.Stop(); err != nil {
-							log.Infof("Error stopping mysql process: %s", err.Error())
-						}
-					}
-					if err := tablet2.Vttablet.TearDown(); err != nil {
-						log.Infof("Error stopping vttablet %s %s", tablet2.Name, err.Error())
-					} else {
-						log.Infof("Successfully stopped vttablet %s", tablet2.Name)
-					}
-				}(tablet)
-			}
-		}
+		_ = vc.TearDownKeyspace(keyspace)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	if err := vc.Vtctld.TearDown(); err != nil {
@@ -836,6 +821,40 @@ func (vc *VitessCluster) teardown() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (vc *VitessCluster) TearDownKeyspace(ks *Keyspace) error {
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	errs := concurrency.AllErrorRecorder{}
+	for _, shard := range ks.Shards {
+		for _, tablet := range shard.Tablets {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func(tablet2 *Tablet) {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				if tablet2.DbServer != nil && tablet2.DbServer.TabletUID > 0 {
+					if err := tablet2.DbServer.Stop(); err != nil {
+						log.Infof("Error stopping mysql process: %s", err.Error())
+						errs.RecordError(err)
+					}
+				}
+				if err := tablet2.Vttablet.TearDown(); err != nil {
+					log.Infof("Error stopping vttablet %s %s", tablet2.Name, err.Error())
+					errs.RecordError(err)
+				} else {
+					log.Infof("Successfully stopped vttablet %s", tablet2.Name)
+				}
+			}(tablet)
+		}
+	}
+	return errs.AggrError(vterrors.Aggregate)
+}
+
+func (vc *VitessCluster) DeleteKeyspace(t testing.TB, ksName string) {
+	out, err := vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("DeleteKeyspace", ksName, "--recursive")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("DeleteKeyspace failed with error: , output: %s", err, out)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 // TearDown brings down a cluster, deleting processes, removing topo keys
 func (vc *VitessCluster) TearDown() {
 	if debugMode {
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/helper_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/helper_test.go
index b3c55becc4a..f58e4ee49fc 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/helper_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/helper_test.go
@@ -1047,6 +1047,13 @@ func confirmKeyspacesRoutedTo(t *testing.T, keyspace string, routedKeyspace, tab
 	}
 }
 
+// confirmNoWorkflows confirms that there are no active workflows in the given keyspace.
+func confirmNoWorkflows(t *testing.T, keyspace string) {
+	output, err := vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("GetWorkflows", keyspace, "--compact", "--include-logs=false")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, isEmptyWorkflowShowOutput(output))
+}
+
 // getVReplicationConfig returns the vreplication config for one random workflow for a given tablet. Currently, this is
 // used when there is only one workflow, so we are using this simple method to get the config.
 func getVReplicationConfig(t *testing.T, tab *cluster.VttabletProcess) map[string]string {
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vreplication_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vreplication_test.go
index f12e8edc759..e306485eab8 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vreplication_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vreplication_test.go
@@ -518,6 +518,62 @@ func TestVStreamFlushBinlog(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, flushCount, int64(1), "VStreamerFlushedBinlogs should still be 1")
 }
 
+// TestMoveTablesCompleteIgnoreSourceKeyspace confirms that we are able to
+// complete a MoveTables operation even if the source keyspace is gone.
+func TestMoveTablesCompleteIgnoreSourceKeyspace(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultCellName := "zone1"
+	workflow := "mtcompnosource"
+	ksWorkflow := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", targetKs, workflow)
+	shard := "0"
+	targetShard := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", targetKs, shard)
+	vc = NewVitessCluster(t, nil)
+	require.NotNil(t, vc)
+	defer vc.TearDown()
+	defaultCell := vc.Cells[defaultCellName]
+
+	// Keep the cluster processes minimal (no rdonly and no replica tablets)
+	// to deal with CI resource constraints.
+	// This also makes it easier to confirm the behavior as we know exactly
+	// what tablets will be involved.
+	_, err := vc.AddKeyspace(t, []*Cell{defaultCell}, sourceKs, shard, initialProductVSchema, initialProductSchema, 0, 0, 100, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = vc.AddKeyspace(t, []*Cell{defaultCell}, targetKs, shard, "", "", 0, 0, 200, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	verifyClusterHealth(t, vc)
+
+	sourceTab = vc.getPrimaryTablet(t, sourceKs, shard)
+
+	insertInitialData(t)
+
+	tables := []string{"product", "customer", "merchant", "orders"}
+	moveTablesAction(t, "Create", defaultCellName, workflow, sourceKs, targetKs, strings.Join(tables, ","))
+	// Wait until we get through the copy phase...
+	catchup(t, vc.getPrimaryTablet(t, targetKs, shard), workflow, "MoveTables")
+
+	switchReads(t, "MoveTables", defaultCellName, ksWorkflow, false)
+	switchWrites(t, "MoveTables", ksWorkflow, false)
+
+	require.NotZero(t, len(vc.Cells[defaultCellName].Keyspaces))
+	require.NotNil(t, vc.Cells[defaultCellName].Keyspaces[sourceKs])
+	err = vc.TearDownKeyspace(vc.Cells[defaultCellName].Keyspaces[sourceKs])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	vc.DeleteKeyspace(t, sourceKs)
+
+	args := []string{"MoveTables", "--workflow=" + workflow, "--target-keyspace=" + targetKs, "complete"}
+	out, err := vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(args...)
+	require.Error(t, err, out)
+
+	confirmRoutingRulesExist(t)
+	args = append(args, "--ignore-source-keyspace")
+	out, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(args...)
+	require.NoError(t, err, out)
+	confirmNoRoutingRules(t)
+	for _, table := range tables {
+		validateTableInDenyList(t, vc, targetShard, table, false)
+	}
+	confirmNoWorkflows(t, targetKs)
+}
+
 func testVStreamCellFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	vgtid := &binlogdatapb.VGtid{
 		ShardGtids: []*binlogdatapb.ShardGtid{{
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
index 35986e7e500..acdce2da3c0 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
@@ -2159,8 +2159,7 @@ func (s *Server) buildTrafficSwitcher(ctx context.Context, targetKeyspace, workf
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if ts.workflowType == binlogdatapb.VReplicationWorkflowType_MoveTables && wopts.ignoreSourceKeyspace {
-		log.Errorf("DEBUG: Ignoring source keyspace for MoveTables workflow with source Keyspace %s", ts.sourceKeyspace)
+	if wopts.ignoreSourceKeyspace {
 		return ts, nil
 	}
 	vs, err := sourceTopo.GetVSchema(ctx, ts.sourceKeyspace)
diff --git a/test/config.json b/test/config.json
index 17cdb019e97..6368b4e9d0c 100644
--- a/test/config.json
+++ b/test/config.json
@@ -1101,6 +1101,15 @@
 			"RetryMax": 0,
 			"Tags": []
 		},
+		"vreplication_complete_no_source_keyspace": {
+			"File": "unused.go",
+			"Args": ["vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/vreplication", "-run", "TestMoveTablesCompleteIgnoreSourceKeyspace"],
+			"Command": [],
+			"Manual": false,
+			"Shard": "vreplication_cellalias",
+			"RetryMax": 0,
+			"Tags": []
+		},
 		"vreplication_multi_tenant": {
 			"File": "unused.go",
 			"Args": ["vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/vreplication","-run", "MultiTenant"],