diff --git a/src/helpers/helpers.rtl.ts b/src/helpers/helpers.rtl.ts
index 121c6e7f540..6ec78f6f9dd 100644
--- a/src/helpers/helpers.rtl.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/helpers.rtl.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ export function overrideTextDirection(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, direction:
   }
 }
 
-export function restoreTextDirection(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, original?: [string, string]) {
+export function restoreTextDirection(
+  ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+  original = (ctx as { prevTextDirection?: [string, string] }).prevTextDirection
+) {
   if (original !== undefined) {
     delete (ctx as { prevTextDirection?: [string, string] }).prevTextDirection;
     ctx.canvas.style.setProperty('direction', original[0], original[1]);
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.legend.js b/src/plugins/plugin.legend.js
index 6ed99413536..2bf29c5c318 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.legend.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.legend.js
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export class Legend extends Element {
       }
     });
 
-    restoreTextDirection(this.ctx, opts.textDirection);
+    restoreTextDirection(this.ctx);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
index b39681ce2ca..493bef95ae5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ export class Tooltip extends Element {
       // Footer
       this.drawFooter(pt, ctx, options);
 
-      restoreTextDirection(ctx, options.textDirection);
+      restoreTextDirection(ctx);
 
       ctx.restore();
     }
diff --git a/test/specs/helpers.rtl.tests.js b/test/specs/helpers.rtl.tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b53315965c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/helpers.rtl.tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+describe('RTL direction restoration', function() {
+  ['ltr', 'rtl'].forEach(function(direction) {
+    ['', 'ltr', 'rtl'].forEach(function(original) {
+      ['', 'important'].forEach(function(priority) {
+        it('restores canvas style after legend direction ' + direction + '/' + original + '/' + priority, function() {
+          const chart = window.acquireChart({type: 'line', data: {labels: ['A'], datasets: [{label: 'Hello, World!', data: [1]}]}, options: {animation: false, responsive: false, plugins: {legend: {textDirection: direction}}}});
+          const style = chart.canvas.style;
+          style.setProperty('direction', original, priority);
+          const expected = [style.getPropertyValue('direction'), style.getPropertyPriority('direction')];
+          chart.draw();
+          expect([style.getPropertyValue('direction'), style.getPropertyPriority('direction')]).toEqual(expected);
+          expect(chart.ctx.prevTextDirection).toBeUndefined();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Tooltip direction restoration', function() {
+  ['ltr', 'rtl'].forEach(function(direction) {
+    ['', 'ltr', 'rtl'].forEach(function(original) {
+      ['', 'important'].forEach(function(priority) {
+        it('restores canvas after tooltip direction ' + direction + '/' + original + '/' + priority, function() {
+          const chart = window.acquireChart({type: 'line', data: {labels: ['A'], datasets: [{label: 'Hello, World!', data: [1]}]}, options: {animation: false, responsive: false, plugins: {legend: false, tooltip: {textDirection: direction}}}});
+          chart.tooltip.setActiveElements([{datasetIndex: 0, index: 0}], {x: 100, y: 100});
+          const style = chart.canvas.style;
+          style.setProperty('direction', original, priority);
+          const expected = [style.getPropertyValue('direction'), style.getPropertyPriority('direction')];
+          chart.draw();
+          expect([style.getPropertyValue('direction'), style.getPropertyPriority('direction')]).toEqual(expected);
+          expect(chart.ctx.prevTextDirection).toBeUndefined();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Direction helper compatibility', function() {
+  it('retains an explicitly supplied restoration tuple', function() {
+    const ctx = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+    Chart.helpers.overrideTextDirection(ctx, 'rtl');
+    Chart.helpers.restoreTextDirection(ctx, ['ltr', 'important']);
+    expect(ctx.canvas.style.getPropertyValue('direction')).toBe('ltr');
+    expect(ctx.canvas.style.getPropertyPriority('direction')).toBe('important');
+    expect(ctx.prevTextDirection).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not change style when no override was saved', function() {
+    const ctx = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+    ctx.canvas.style.setProperty('direction', 'rtl');
+    Chart.helpers.restoreTextDirection(ctx);
+    expect(ctx.canvas.style.getPropertyValue('direction')).toBe('rtl');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Legend and tooltip direction isolation', function() {
+  it('does not leak the legend override into a tooltip using the canvas default', function() {
+    const chart = window.acquireChart({type: 'line', data: {labels: ['A'], datasets: [{label: 'Hello, World!', data: [1]}]}, options: {animation: false, responsive: false, plugins: {legend: {textDirection: 'rtl'}}}});
+    chart.canvas.style.setProperty('direction', 'ltr');
+    chart.tooltip.setActiveElements([{datasetIndex: 0, index: 0}], {x: 100, y: 100});
+    const drawBody = chart.tooltip.drawBody;
+    let direction;
+    chart.tooltip.drawBody = function() {
+      direction = getComputedStyle(chart.canvas).direction;
+      return drawBody.apply(this, arguments);
+    };
+    chart.draw();
+    expect(direction).toBe('ltr');
+  });
+});