diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
index e696a6fcc0..f941f06ec4 100644
--- a/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo.go
@@ -65,11 +65,18 @@ func newLimbo(config *params.ChainConfig, datadir string) (*limbo, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Index all limboed blobs on disk and delete anything unprocessable
-	var fails []uint64
+	var (
+		fails   []uint64
+		convert []uint64
+	)
 	index := func(id uint64, size uint32, data []byte) {
-		if l.parseBlob(id, data) != nil {
+		err := l.parseBlob(id, data)
+		if err != nil {
 			fails = append(fails, id)
 		}
+		if errors.Is(err, errLegacyTx) {
+			convert = append(convert, id)
+		}
 	}
 	store, err := billy.Open(billy.Options{Path: datadir, Repair: true}, slotter, index)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -77,6 +84,39 @@ func newLimbo(config *params.ChainConfig, datadir string) (*limbo, error) {
 	}
 	l.store = store
 
+	// Migrate legacy limbo entries to blobTxForPool. Note all ids in `converted` are also
+	// in `fails`, and the converted entries will be deleted by the loop that handles
+	// `fails`.
+	for _, id := range convert {
+		data, err := l.store.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		var legacy struct {
+			TxHash common.Hash
+			Block  uint64
+			Tx     *types.Transaction
+		}
+		if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, &legacy); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		blob, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(&limboBlob{
+			TxHash: legacy.TxHash,
+			Block:  legacy.Block,
+			Ptx:    newBlobTxForPool(legacy.Tx),
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		newID, err := l.store.Put(blob)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := l.parseBlob(newID, blob); err != nil {
+			fails = append(fails, newID)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if len(fails) > 0 {
 		log.Warn("Dropping invalidated limboed blobs", "ids", fails)
 		for _, id := range fails {
@@ -99,6 +139,10 @@ func (l *limbo) Close() error {
 func (l *limbo) parseBlob(id uint64, data []byte) error {
 	item := new(limboBlob)
 	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, item); err != nil {
+		// This entry may have been stored with the legacy limboBlob type
+		if isLegacy(data) {
+			return errLegacyTx
+		}
 		// This path is impossible unless the disk data representation changes
 		// across restarts. For that ever improbable case, recover gracefully
 		// by ignoring this data entry.
@@ -122,6 +166,17 @@ func (l *limbo) parseBlob(id uint64, data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// isLegacy reports whether data is a limbo entry with the legacy limboBlob
+// {TxHash, Block, Tx *types.Transaction} type.
+func isLegacy(data []byte) bool {
+	elems, err := rlp.SplitListValues(data)
+	if err != nil || len(elems) < 3 {
+		return false
+	}
+	kind, content, _, err := rlp.Split(elems[2])
+	return err == nil && kind == rlp.String && len(content) > 1 && content[0] == types.BlobTxType
+}
+
 // finalize evicts all blobs belonging to a recently finalized block or older.
 func (l *limbo) finalize(final *types.Header) {
 	// Just in case there's no final block yet (network not yet merged, weird
diff --git a/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo_test.go b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..722587b5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/txpool/blobpool/limbo_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package blobpool
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/holiman/billy"
+)
+
+// TestLimboLegacyMigration checks whether limbo entries in the legacy limboBlob type
+// are migrated to the blobTxForPool layout on startup instead of being dropped.
+func TestLimboLegacyMigration(t *testing.T) {
+	key, _ := crypto.GenerateKey()
+	tx := makeMultiBlobTx(0, 10, 100, 100, 2, 0, key)
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Write a single entry using the legacy on-disk layout.
+	store, err := billy.Open(billy.Options{Path: dir}, newSlotterEIP7594(params.BlobTxMaxBlobs), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open store: %v", err)
+	}
+	legacy := struct {
+		TxHash common.Hash
+		Block  uint64
+		Tx     *types.Transaction
+	}{tx.Hash(), 42, tx}
+	data, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(&legacy)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to encode legacy entry: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := store.Put(data); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to store legacy entry: %v", err)
+	}
+	store.Close()
+
+	// Open the limbo, which should migrate the legacy entry.
+	l, err := newLimbo(new(params.ChainConfig), dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open limbo: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	// The migrated transaction must be tracked and reconstruct the original.
+	ptx, err := l.pull(tx.Hash())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to pull migrated tx: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := ptx.ToTx().Hash(); got != tx.Hash() {
+		t.Fatalf("migrated tx hash mismatch: got %x, want %x", got, tx.Hash())
+	}
+}