diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/svn.py b/swh/loader/svn/svn.py
--- a/swh/loader/svn/svn.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/svn.py
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@
             - complete Directory representation
 
         """
-        for commit in self.logs(start_revision, end_revision):
+        # even in incremental loading mode, we need to replay the whole set of
+        # path modifications from first revision to restore possible file states induced
+        # by setting svn properties on those files (end of line style for instance)
+        first_revision = 1 if start_revision else 0  # handle empty repository edge case
+        for commit in self.logs(first_revision, end_revision):
             rev = commit["rev"]
             objects = self.swhreplay.compute_objects(rev)
 
@@ -259,7 +263,10 @@
             else:
                 nextrev = rev + 1
 
-            yield rev, nextrev, commit, objects, self.swhreplay.directory
+            if rev >= start_revision:
+                # start yielding new data to archive once we reached the revision to
+                # resume the loading from
+                yield rev, nextrev, commit, objects, self.swhreplay.directory
 
     def swh_hash_data_at_revision(
         self, revision: int
diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py b/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -1456,3 +1456,75 @@
     assert_last_visit_matches(
         loader.storage, repo_url, status="full", type="svn",
     )
+
+
+def test_svn_loader_incremental(swh_storage, tmp_path):
+    # create a repository
+    repo_path = os.path.join(tmp_path, "tmprepo")
+    repos.create(repo_path)
+    repo_url = f"file://{repo_path}"
+
+    # first commit
+    add_commit(
+        repo_url,
+        (
+            "Add a directory containing a file with CRLF end of line "
+            "and set svn:eol-style property to native so CRLF will be "
+            "replaced by LF in the file when exporting the revision"
+        ),
+        [
+            CommitChange(
+                change_type=CommitChangeType.AddOrUpdate,
+                path="file_with_crlf_eol.txt",
+                properties={"svn:eol-style": "native"},
+                data=b"Hello world!\r\n",
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # first load
+    loader = SvnLoader(swh_storage, repo_url, temp_directory=tmp_path, check_revision=1)
+    assert loader.load() == {"status": "eventful"}
+    assert_last_visit_matches(
+        loader.storage, repo_url, status="full", type="svn",
+    )
+
+    # second commit
+    add_commit(
+        repo_url,
+        "Modify previously added file",
+        [
+            CommitChange(
+                change_type=CommitChangeType.AddOrUpdate,
+                path="file_with_crlf_eol.txt",
+                data=b"Hello World!\r\n",
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # second load, incremental
+    loader = SvnLoader(swh_storage, repo_url, temp_directory=tmp_path, check_revision=1)
+    assert loader.load() == {"status": "eventful"}
+    assert_last_visit_matches(
+        loader.storage, repo_url, status="full", type="svn",
+    )
+
+    # third commit
+    add_commit(
+        repo_url,
+        "Unset svn:eol-style property on file",
+        [
+            CommitChange(
+                change_type=CommitChangeType.AddOrUpdate,
+                path="file_with_crlf_eol.txt",
+                properties={"svn:eol-style": None},
+            )
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # third load, incremental
+    loader = SvnLoader(swh_storage, repo_url, temp_directory=tmp_path, check_revision=1)
+    assert loader.load() == {"status": "eventful"}
+    assert_last_visit_matches(
+        loader.storage, repo_url, status="full", type="svn",
+    )