diff --git a/commands/imagetools/create.go b/commands/imagetools/create.go
index bea7f36bee86..70308391150f 100644
--- a/commands/imagetools/create.go
+++ b/commands/imagetools/create.go
@@ -225,14 +225,22 @@ func runCreate(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, in createOptions, arg
 			seed := repoTags[0]
 			return progress.Wrap(fmt.Sprintf("pushing %s", repo), pw.Write, func(sub progress.SubLogger) error {
 				ctx = withMediaTypeKeyPrefix(ctx)
+				// Create a single shared ingester for all concurrent
+				// copies to this repo. The pushingIngester's per-digest
+				// locking prevents concurrent pushes of the same blob
+				// from racing against each other on the registry.
+				ingester, err := r.IngesterForLocation(ctx, seed)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 				eg2, _ := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 				for _, desc := range manifests {
 					eg2.Go(func() error {
 						sub.Log(1, fmt.Appendf(nil, "copying %s from %s to %s\n", desc.Digest.String(), desc.Source.Ref.String(), repo))
-						err := r.Copy(ctx, &imagetools.Source{
+						err := r.CopyWithIngester(ctx, &imagetools.Source{
 							Ref:  desc.Source.Ref,
 							Desc: desc.Descriptor,
-						}, seed)
+						}, seed, ingester)
 						if err != nil {
 							return errors.Wrapf(err, "copy %s from %s to %s", desc.Digest.String(), desc.Source.Ref.String(), seed.String())
 						}
diff --git a/util/imagetools/create.go b/util/imagetools/create.go
index 2490bb86a75a..c13cae7ff9e1 100644
--- a/util/imagetools/create.go
+++ b/util/imagetools/create.go
@@ -252,6 +252,19 @@ func (r *Resolver) Push(ctx context.Context, ref *Location, desc ocispecs.Descri
 }
 
 func (r *Resolver) Copy(ctx context.Context, src *Source, dest *Location) error {
+	ingester, err := r.IngesterForLocation(ctx, dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return r.CopyWithIngester(ctx, src, dest, ingester)
+}
+
+// CopyWithIngester copies a source manifest and its referrers to the
+// destination using the provided ingester. Callers that issue multiple
+// concurrent copies to the same destination should share a single ingester
+// so that the underlying per-digest locking prevents duplicate blob pushes
+// from racing against each other.
+func (r *Resolver) CopyWithIngester(ctx context.Context, src *Source, dest *Location, ingester content.Ingester) error {
 	ctx = remotes.WithMediaTypeKeyPrefix(ctx, "application/vnd.in-toto+json", "intoto")
 	ctx = remotes.WithMediaTypeKeyPrefix(ctx, "application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json", "empty")
 
@@ -268,10 +281,6 @@ func (r *Resolver) Copy(ctx context.Context, src *Source, dest *Location) error
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	ingester, err := r.ingesterForLocation(dest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	referrers := &referrersProvider{base: referrersFunc(func(ctx context.Context, subject ocispecs.Descriptor) ([]ocispecs.Descriptor, error) {
 		descs, err := r.FetchReferrers(ctx, src.Ref, subject.Digest)
@@ -526,9 +535,12 @@ func dedupeDescriptors(descs []ocispecs.Descriptor) []ocispecs.Descriptor {
 	return out
 }
 
-func (r *Resolver) ingesterForLocation(loc *Location) (content.Ingester, error) {
+// IngesterForLocation returns a content ingester for the given location.
+// For registry locations a new pusher is created; for OCI layout locations
+// the local content store is returned.
+func (r *Resolver) IngesterForLocation(ctx context.Context, loc *Location) (content.Ingester, error) {
 	if loc.IsRegistry() {
-		p, err := r.registryResolver().Pusher(context.TODO(), loc.Name())
+		p, err := r.registryResolver().Pusher(ctx, loc.Name())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}