diff --git a/registry/storage/cache/redis/redis.go b/registry/storage/cache/redis/redis.go
index e0f4192c1c..87ec43e3fd 100644
--- a/registry/storage/cache/redis/redis.go
+++ b/registry/storage/cache/redis/redis.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )
 
-// redisBlobStatService provides an implementation of
+// redisBlobDescriptorService provides an implementation of
 // BlobDescriptorCacheProvider based on redis. Blob descriptors are stored in
 // two parts. The first provide fast access to repository membership through a
 // redis set for each repo. The second is a redis hash keyed by the digest of
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type redisBlobDescriptorService struct {
 	// request objects, we can change this to a connection.
 }
 
+var _ distribution.BlobDescriptorService = &redisBlobDescriptorService{}
+
 // NewRedisBlobDescriptorCacheProvider returns a new redis-based
 // BlobDescriptorCacheProvider using the provided redis connection pool.
 func NewRedisBlobDescriptorCacheProvider(pool *redis.Client) cache.BlobDescriptorCacheProvider {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) Stat(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Di
 		return distribution.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
 
-	return rbds.stat(ctx, rbds.pool, dgst)
+	return rbds.stat(ctx, dgst)
 }
 
 func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) Clear(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
@@ -83,10 +85,8 @@ func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) Clear(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.D
 	return nil
 }
 
-// stat provides an internal stat call that takes a connection parameter. This
-// allows some internal management of the connection scope.
-func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) stat(ctx context.Context, conn *redis.Client, dgst digest.Digest) (distribution.Descriptor, error) {
-	cmd := conn.HMGet(ctx, rbds.blobDescriptorHashKey(dgst), "digest", "size", "mediatype")
+func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) stat(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (distribution.Descriptor, error) {
+	cmd := rbds.pool.HMGet(ctx, rbds.blobDescriptorHashKey(dgst), "digest", "size", "mediatype")
 	reply, err := cmd.Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		return distribution.Descriptor{}, err
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) SetDescriptor(ctx context.Context, dgst
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return rbds.setDescriptor(ctx, rbds.pool, dgst, desc)
+	return rbds.setDescriptor(ctx, dgst, desc)
 }
 
-func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) setDescriptor(ctx context.Context, conn *redis.Client, dgst digest.Digest, desc distribution.Descriptor) error {
+func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) setDescriptor(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest, desc distribution.Descriptor) error {
 	cmd := rbds.pool.HMSet(ctx, rbds.blobDescriptorHashKey(dgst), "digest", desc.Digest.String(), "size", desc.Size)
 	if cmd.Err() != nil {
 		return cmd.Err()
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (rsrbds *repositoryScopedRedisBlobDescriptorService) Stat(ctx context.Conte
 		return distribution.Descriptor{}, distribution.ErrBlobUnknown
 	}
 
-	upstream, err := rsrbds.upstream.stat(ctx, pool, dgst)
+	upstream, err := rsrbds.upstream.stat(ctx, dgst)
 	if err != nil {
 		return distribution.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
@@ -234,16 +234,17 @@ func (rsrbds *repositoryScopedRedisBlobDescriptorService) SetDescriptor(ctx cont
 		}
 	}
 
-	return rsrbds.setDescriptor(ctx, rsrbds.upstream.pool, dgst, desc)
+	return rsrbds.setDescriptor(ctx, dgst, desc)
 }
 
-func (rsrbds *repositoryScopedRedisBlobDescriptorService) setDescriptor(ctx context.Context, conn *redis.Client, dgst digest.Digest, desc distribution.Descriptor) error {
+func (rsrbds *repositoryScopedRedisBlobDescriptorService) setDescriptor(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest, desc distribution.Descriptor) error {
+	conn := rsrbds.upstream.pool
 	_, err := conn.SAdd(ctx, rsrbds.repositoryBlobSetKey(rsrbds.repo), dgst.String()).Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := rsrbds.upstream.setDescriptor(ctx, conn, dgst, desc); err != nil {
+	if err := rsrbds.upstream.setDescriptor(ctx, dgst, desc); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ func (rsrbds *repositoryScopedRedisBlobDescriptorService) setDescriptor(ctx cont
 	// Also set the values for the primary descriptor, if they differ by
 	// algorithm (ie sha256 vs sha512).
 	if desc.Digest != "" && dgst != desc.Digest && dgst.Algorithm() != desc.Digest.Algorithm() {
-		if err := rsrbds.setDescriptor(ctx, conn, desc.Digest, desc); err != nil {
+		if err := rsrbds.setDescriptor(ctx, desc.Digest, desc); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}