SQL-Server: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing

I am trying to restore a SQL Server backup file for my database, but it is throwing an error as follow:

The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing

My database in SQL Server 2008 and the backup file is in 2005.

What can be the problem?

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