diff --git a/pkg/api/routes_test.go b/pkg/api/routes_test.go
index 9ac6a765..0e490a02 100644
--- a/pkg/api/routes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/routes_test.go
@@ -2465,39 +2465,63 @@ func TestGetBlobMultipartPartHasDescriptorContentType(t *testing.T) {
 //   - A reader-error mid-stream truncates the body (since the 206
 //     headers have already been flushed) and is logged.
 
-// countingReader wraps a strings.Reader so a test can observe whether
-// the wrapper has been closed yet. It tracks open/max-open counters
-// shared with the test; the storage mock invokes its constructor on
-// every GetBlobPartial call, so any concurrent opens immediately
-// surface as a maxOpen > 1.
-type countingReader struct {
+// partialReaderOpenTracker records how many partial-blob readers are open at once and
+// the peak concurrent count. The multipart test's GetBlobPartial mock calls NewReadCloser
+// per range; overlapping opens show up as PeakOpens() > 1.
+type partialReaderOpenTracker struct {
+	live atomic.Int32
+	peak atomic.Int32
+}
+
+// NewReadCloser returns a reader that registers in the tracker until Close.
+func (t *partialReaderOpenTracker) NewReadCloser(body string) io.ReadCloser {
+	t.beginOpen()
+
+	return &partialReaderReadCloser{
+		Reader:  strings.NewReader(body),
+		tracker: t,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *partialReaderOpenTracker) LiveOpens() int32 { return t.live.Load() }
+
+func (t *partialReaderOpenTracker) PeakOpens() int32 { return t.peak.Load() }
+
+func (t *partialReaderOpenTracker) endClose() { t.live.Add(-1) }
+
+// beginOpen increments the live-open count and sets peak := max(peak, newLiveCount).
+//
+// The for loop retries when CompareAndSwap fails: another goroutine can change peak
+// after Load but before CompareAndSwap, so one attempt is not enough under contention.
+func (t *partialReaderOpenTracker) beginOpen() {
+	cur := t.live.Add(1)
+
+	for {
+		observedPeak := t.peak.Load()
+		if cur <= observedPeak {
+			return
+		}
+		if t.peak.CompareAndSwap(observedPeak, cur) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// partialReaderReadCloser wraps a strings.Reader and only notifies the tracker on Close.
+type partialReaderReadCloser struct {
 	*strings.Reader
 
-	open    *atomic.Int32
-	maxOpen *atomic.Int32
+	tracker *partialReaderOpenTracker
 	closed  bool
 }
 
-func newCountingReader(body string, open, maxOpen *atomic.Int32) *countingReader {
-	cur := open.Add(1)
-
-	for {
-		prev := maxOpen.Load()
-		if cur <= prev || maxOpen.CompareAndSwap(prev, cur) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	return &countingReader{Reader: strings.NewReader(body), open: open, maxOpen: maxOpen}
-}
-
-func (cr *countingReader) Close() error {
-	if cr.closed {
+func (r *partialReaderReadCloser) Close() error {
+	if r.closed {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	cr.closed = true
-	cr.open.Add(-1)
+	r.closed = true
+	r.tracker.endClose()
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -2583,10 +2607,7 @@ func TestGetBlobMultipartContentLengthMatchesBody(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetBlobMultipartOpensOneReaderAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 	const blobBody = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" // 32 bytes
 
-	var (
-		open    atomic.Int32
-		maxOpen atomic.Int32
-	)
+	var opens partialReaderOpenTracker
 
 	store := descriptorStore(t)
 	store.CheckBlobFn = func(repo string, digest godigest.Digest) (bool, int64, error) {
@@ -2599,11 +2620,9 @@ func TestGetBlobMultipartOpensOneReaderAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 		from,
 		to int64,
 	) (io.ReadCloser, int64, int64, error) {
-		// Wrap a strings.Reader in a counter that increments on open
-		// and decrements on close. The producer goroutine in
-		// writeMultipartRanges should open and fully consume each
-		// reader before opening the next.
-		reader := newCountingReader(blobBody[from:to+1], &open, &maxOpen)
+		// opens tracks live readers; Close decrements. writeMultipartRanges should fully
+		// consume each reader before opening the next.
+		reader := opens.NewReadCloser(blobBody[from : to+1])
 
 		return reader, to - from + 1, int64(len(blobBody)), nil
 	}
@@ -2633,8 +2652,8 @@ func TestGetBlobMultipartOpensOneReaderAtATime(t *testing.T) {
 	// the open counter on every reader.
 	_ = drainResponseBody(t, resp)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), open.Load(), "all readers must be closed by the time the body is drained")
-	assert.Equal(t, int32(1), maxOpen.Load(),
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), opens.LiveOpens(), "all readers must be closed by the time the body is drained")
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(1), opens.PeakOpens(),
 		"writeMultipartRanges must open at most one range reader at a time")
 }