diff --git a/src/meta/src/backup_restore/meta_snapshot_builder.rs b/src/meta/src/backup_restore/meta_snapshot_builder.rs
index 977fff21fa36b..5e17e23f7f37b 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/backup_restore/meta_snapshot_builder.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/backup_restore/meta_snapshot_builder.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl MetaSnapshotV2Builder {
             .map_err(map_db_err)?
             .into_iter()
             .map_into::<PbHummockVersionDelta>()
-            .map(|pb_delta| HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf(&pb_delta));
+            .map(HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf_owned);
         let hummock_version = {
             let mut redo_state = hummock_version;
             let mut max_log_id = None;
diff --git a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/checkpoint.rs b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/checkpoint.rs
index b759f009387be..bf0d54542f15f 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/checkpoint.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/checkpoint.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ impl HummockVersionCheckpoint {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Convert an owned `PbHummockVersionCheckpoint` to `HummockVersionCheckpoint`,
+    /// moving data instead of cloning for better performance on large checkpoints.
+    pub fn from_protobuf_owned(checkpoint: PbHummockVersionCheckpoint) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            version: HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(checkpoint.version.unwrap()),
+            stale_objects: checkpoint.stale_objects,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn to_protobuf(&self) -> PbHummockVersionCheckpoint {
         PbHummockVersionCheckpoint {
             version: Some(PbHummockVersion::from(&self.version)),
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ impl HummockManager {
             }
         };
         let ckpt = PbHummockVersionCheckpoint::decode(data).map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e))?;
-        Ok(Some(HummockVersionCheckpoint::from_protobuf(&ckpt)))
+        Ok(Some(HummockVersionCheckpoint::from_protobuf_owned(ckpt)))
     }
 
     pub(super) async fn write_checkpoint(
diff --git a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/mod.rs b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/mod.rs
index cb03cd0d96482..fbaf04e9d8b58 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/mod.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/mod.rs
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ impl HummockManager {
                 .map(|m| {
                     (
                         m.id,
-                        HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf(&m.into()),
+                        HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(m.into()),
                     )
                 })
                 .collect();
diff --git a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/time_travel.rs b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/time_travel.rs
index 1dc0eb1c49c17..bc232fe7a7433 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/time_travel.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/hummock/manager/time_travel.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ impl HummockManager {
             .order_by_desc(hummock_time_travel_version::Column::VersionId)
             .one(&sql_store.conn)
             .await?
-            .map(|v| IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&v.version.to_protobuf()))
+            .map(|v| {
+                IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(v.version.to_protobuf())
+            })
         else {
             return Ok(());
         };
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@ impl HummockManager {
             .order_by_desc(hummock_time_travel_version::Column::VersionId)
             .one(&txn)
             .await?
-            .map(|m| IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&m.version.to_protobuf()));
+            .map(|m| {
+                IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(m.version.to_protobuf())
+            });
         let Some(latest_valid_version) = latest_valid_version else {
             txn.commit().await?;
             return Ok(());
@@ -197,8 +201,8 @@ impl HummockManager {
                         delta_id_to_delete
                     )))
                 })?;
-            let delta_to_delete = IncompleteHummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf(
-                &delta_to_delete.version_delta.to_protobuf(),
+            let delta_to_delete = IncompleteHummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(
+                delta_to_delete.version_delta.to_protobuf(),
             );
             let new_sst_ids = delta_to_delete.newly_added_sst_ids(true);
             // The SST ids added and then deleted by compaction between the 2 versions.
@@ -226,8 +230,8 @@ impl HummockManager {
                             prev_version_id
                         )))
                     })?;
-                IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(
-                    &prev_version.version.to_protobuf(),
+                IncompleteHummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(
+                    prev_version.version.to_protobuf(),
                 )
             };
             let sst_ids = prev_version.get_sst_ids(true);
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ impl HummockManager {
                 let mut next_prev_version_id = None;
                 while let Some(model) = version_stream.try_next().await? {
                     let version =
-                        HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&model.version.to_protobuf());
+                        HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(model.version.to_protobuf());
                     for object_id in version.get_object_ids(true) {
                         result.remove(&object_id);
                     }
@@ -388,8 +392,8 @@ impl HummockManager {
                     .await?;
                 let mut next_prev_version_id = None;
                 while let Some(model) = version_stream.try_next().await? {
-                    let version_delta = HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf(
-                        &model.version_delta.to_protobuf(),
+                    let version_delta = HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(
+                        model.version_delta.to_protobuf(),
                     );
                     // set exclude_table_change_log to true because in time travel delta we ignore the table change log
                     for object_id in version_delta.newly_added_object_ids(true) {
@@ -692,9 +696,9 @@ fn replay_archive(
 ) -> HummockVersion {
     // The pb version ann pb version delta are actually written by InHummockVersion and InHummockVersionDelta, respectively.
     // Using HummockVersion make it easier for `refill_version` later.
-    let mut last_version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&version);
+    let mut last_version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(version);
     for d in deltas {
-        let d = HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf(&d);
+        let d = HummockVersionDelta::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(d);
         debug_assert!(
             !should_mark_next_time_travel_version_snapshot(&d),
             "unexpected time travel delta {:?}",
diff --git a/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v1.rs b/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v1.rs
index 6e2494e19c540..fd43e50160e6b 100644
--- a/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v1.rs
+++ b/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v1.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl ClusterMetadata {
             .zip_eq_fast(default_cf_values.into_iter())
             .collect();
         let hummock_version =
-            HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&Self::decode_prost_message(&mut buf)?);
+            HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(Self::decode_prost_message(&mut buf)?);
         let version_stats = Self::decode_prost_message(&mut buf)?;
         let compaction_groups: Vec<CompactionGroup> = Self::decode_prost_message_list(&mut buf)?;
         let table_fragments: Vec<TableFragments> = Self::decode_prost_message_list(&mut buf)?;
diff --git a/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v2.rs b/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v2.rs
index f2cdc30369943..cc767162ef351 100644
--- a/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v2.rs
+++ b/src/storage/backup/src/meta_snapshot_v2.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ macro_rules! define_decode_metadata {
             let mut _idx = 0;
             $(
                 if _idx == 1 {
-                    metadata.hummock_version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&get_1(&mut buf)?);
+                    metadata.hummock_version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(get_1(&mut buf)?);
                 }
                 metadata.$name = get_n(&mut buf)?;
                 _idx += 1;
diff --git a/src/storage/benches/bench_table_watermarks.rs b/src/storage/benches/bench_table_watermarks.rs
index f77b542e37206..1fb5b42e3c2ee 100644
--- a/src/storage/benches/bench_table_watermarks.rs
+++ b/src/storage/benches/bench_table_watermarks.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fn gen_version(
         vnode_part_count,
     ));
     let committed_epoch = test_epoch(new_epoch_idx as _);
-    let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&PbHummockVersion {
+    let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(PbHummockVersion {
         id: (new_epoch_idx as u64).into(),
         ..Default::default()
     });
diff --git a/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/change_log.rs b/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/change_log.rs
index 627288e88638a..d9fb09c51a309 100644
--- a/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/change_log.rs
+++ b/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/change_log.rs
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> TableChangeLogCommon<T>
+where
+    T: From<PbSstableInfo>,
+{
+    pub fn from_protobuf_owned(val: PbTableChangeLog) -> Self {
+        Self(val.change_logs.into_iter().map(|a| a.into()).collect())
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn build_table_change_log_delta<'a>(
     old_value_ssts: impl Iterator<Item = SstableInfo>,
     new_value_ssts: impl Iterator<Item = &'a SstableInfo>,
diff --git a/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/version.rs b/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/version.rs
index fb444a164bab4..665096a747c90 100644
--- a/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/storage/hummock_sdk/src/version.rs
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> HummockVersionCommon<T>
+where
+    T: From<PbSstableInfo>,
+    PbSstableInfo: for<'a> From<&'a T>,
+{
+    /// Convert an owned `PbHummockVersion` deserialized from persisted state to `HummockVersion`,
+    /// moving data instead of cloning for better performance on large checkpoints.
+    pub fn from_persisted_protobuf_owned(pb_version: PbHummockVersion) -> Self {
+        pb_version.into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl HummockVersion {
     pub fn estimated_encode_len(&self) -> usize {
         self.levels.len() * size_of::<CompactionGroupId>()
@@ -331,6 +343,49 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> From<PbHummockVersion> for HummockVersionCommon<T>
+where
+    T: From<PbSstableInfo>,
+{
+    fn from(pb_version: PbHummockVersion) -> Self {
+        #[expect(deprecated)]
+        Self {
+            id: pb_version.id,
+            levels: pb_version
+                .levels
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(group_id, levels)| (group_id, LevelsCommon::from(levels)))
+                .collect(),
+            max_committed_epoch: pb_version.max_committed_epoch,
+            table_watermarks: pb_version
+                .table_watermarks
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(table_id, table_watermark)| {
+                    (table_id, Arc::new(TableWatermarks::from(table_watermark)))
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            table_change_log: pb_version
+                .table_change_logs
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(table_id, change_log)| {
+                    (
+                        table_id,
+                        TableChangeLogCommon::from_protobuf_owned(change_log),
+                    )
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            state_table_info: HummockVersionStateTableInfo::from_protobuf(
+                &pb_version.state_table_info,
+            ),
+            vector_indexes: pb_version
+                .vector_indexes
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(table_id, index)| (table_id, index.into()))
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> From<&HummockVersionCommon<T>> for PbHummockVersion
 where
     PbSstableInfo: for<'a> From<&'a T>,
@@ -561,6 +616,18 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> HummockVersionDeltaCommon<T>
+where
+    T: From<PbSstableInfo>,
+    PbSstableInfo: for<'a> From<&'a T>,
+{
+    /// Convert an owned `PbHummockVersionDelta` deserialized from persisted state to
+    /// `HummockVersionDelta`, moving data instead of cloning.
+    pub fn from_persisted_protobuf_owned(delta: PbHummockVersionDelta) -> Self {
+        delta.into()
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait SstableIdReader {
     fn sst_id(&self) -> HummockSstableId;
 }
@@ -807,22 +874,18 @@ where
             removed_table_ids: pb_version_delta.removed_table_ids.into_iter().collect(),
             change_log_delta: pb_version_delta
                 .change_log_delta
-                .iter()
+                .into_iter()
                 .map(|(table_id, log_delta)| {
                     (
-                        *table_id,
+                        table_id,
                         ChangeLogDeltaCommon {
-                            new_log: log_delta.new_log.clone().unwrap().into(),
+                            new_log: log_delta.new_log.unwrap().into(),
                             truncate_epoch: log_delta.truncate_epoch,
                         },
                     )
                 })
                 .collect(),
-            state_table_info_delta: pb_version_delta
-                .state_table_info_delta
-                .iter()
-                .map(|(table_id, delta)| (*table_id, *delta))
-                .collect(),
+            state_table_info_delta: pb_version_delta.state_table_info_delta,
             vector_index_delta: pb_version_delta
                 .vector_index_delta
                 .into_iter()
diff --git a/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/uploader/test_utils.rs b/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/uploader/test_utils.rs
index afb377f6a1d86..e19fbf57ed390 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/uploader/test_utils.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/hummock/event_handler/uploader/test_utils.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl HummockUploader {
 }
 
 pub(super) fn test_hummock_version(epoch: HummockEpoch) -> HummockVersion {
-    let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&PbHummockVersion {
+    let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(PbHummockVersion {
         id: epoch.into(),
         ..Default::default()
     });
diff --git a/src/storage/src/hummock/store/version.rs b/src/storage/src/hummock/store/version.rs
index 809ccef76c3f4..c2b7a6d685ecf 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/hummock/store/version.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/hummock/store/version.rs
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ mod tests {
             compaction_group_version_id: 0,
         };
 
-        let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf(&PbHummockVersion {
+        let mut version = HummockVersion::from_persisted_protobuf_owned(PbHummockVersion {
             id: 1u64.into(),
             ..Default::default()
         });