diff --git a/components/engine/engine/streams.go b/components/engine/engine/streams.go
index 99e876e17b..ec703c96fa 100644
--- a/components/engine/engine/streams.go
+++ b/components/engine/engine/streams.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func (o *Output) Close() error {
 		}
 	}
 	o.tasks.Wait()
+	o.dests = nil
 	return firstErr
 }
 
diff --git a/components/engine/graph/push.go b/components/engine/graph/push.go
index 316eed91be..b8fb09882e 100644
--- a/components/engine/graph/push.go
+++ b/components/engine/graph/push.go
@@ -236,7 +236,10 @@ func (s *TagStore) pushImage(r *registry.Session, out io.Writer, imgID, ep strin
 	// Send the layer
 	log.Debugf("rendered layer for %s of [%d] size", imgData.ID, layerData.Size)
 
-	checksum, checksumPayload, err := r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(imgData.ID), "Pushing"), ep, token, jsonRaw)
+	prgRd := utils.ProgressReader(layerData, int(layerData.Size), out, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(imgData.ID), "Pushing")
+	defer prgRd.Close()
+
+	checksum, checksumPayload, err := r.PushImageLayerRegistry(imgData.ID, prgRd, ep, token, jsonRaw)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -338,8 +341,12 @@ func (s *TagStore) pushV2Repository(r *registry.Session, eng *engine.Engine, out
 			out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(img.ID), "Image push failed", nil))
 			return err
 		}
+
 		if !exists {
-			err = r.PutV2ImageBlob(endpoint, repoInfo.RemoteName, sumParts[0], manifestSum, utils.ProgressReader(arch, int(img.Size), out, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(img.ID), "Pushing"), auth)
+			prgRd := utils.ProgressReader(arch, int(img.Size), out, sf, false, utils.TruncateID(img.ID), "Pushing")
+			defer prgRd.Close()
+
+			err = r.PutV2ImageBlob(endpoint, repoInfo.RemoteName, sumParts[0], manifestSum, prgRd, auth)
 			if err != nil {
 				out.Write(sf.FormatProgress(utils.TruncateID(img.ID), "Image push failed", nil))
 				return err
diff --git a/components/engine/registry/session_v2.go b/components/engine/registry/session_v2.go
index 11b96bd65a..fa02bd3e6c 100644
--- a/components/engine/registry/session_v2.go
+++ b/components/engine/registry/session_v2.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (r *Session) PutV2ImageBlob(ep *Endpoint, imageName, sumType, sumStr string
 
 	method := "PUT"
 	log.Debugf("[registry] Calling %q %s", method, location)
-	req, err = r.reqFactory.NewRequest(method, location, blobRdr)
+	req, err = r.reqFactory.NewRequest(method, location, ioutil.NopCloser(blobRdr))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}