diff --git a/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go b/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
index 4ae27ae4c..790e31a3a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
@@ -943,7 +943,9 @@ func (is *ImageStore) PutBlobChunk(repo, uuid string, from, to int64,
 
 	defer file.Close()
 
-	if from != file.Size() {
+	fsize := file.Size()
+
+	if from != fsize {
 		is.log.Error().Int64("expected", from).Int64("actual", file.Size()).
 			Msg("invalid range start for blob upload")
 
@@ -952,7 +954,7 @@ func (is *ImageStore) PutBlobChunk(repo, uuid string, from, to int64,
 
 	n, err := io.Copy(file, body)
 
-	return n, err
+	return n + fsize, err
 }
 
 // BlobUploadInfo returns the current blob size in bytes.
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
index caff80171..12eca9a65 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestStorageAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 
 						bupload, err = imgStore.PutBlobChunk("test", upload, int64(firstChunkLen), int64(buflen), secondChunkBuf)
 						So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-						So(bupload, ShouldEqual, secondChunkLen)
+						So(bupload, ShouldEqual, int64(firstChunkLen+secondChunkLen))
 
 						err = imgStore.FinishBlobUpload("test", upload, buf, digest)
 						So(err, ShouldBeNil)