diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_changes.go b/daemon/containerd/image_changes.go
index 20c375f5c1..6cc486ec81 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_changes.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_changes.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) Changes(ctx context.Context, container *container.Contain
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
+	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(container.Driver)
 
 	diffIDs := image.RootFS.DiffIDs
 	parent, err := snapshotter.View(ctx, rnd.String(), identity.ChainID(diffIDs).String())
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go b/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
index 7ced28bb9e..9c1ceabd09 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) CommitImage(ctx context.Context, cc backend.CommitConfig)
 
 	var (
 		differ = i.client.DiffService()
-		sn     = i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
+		sn     = i.client.SnapshotService(container.Driver)
 	)
 
 	// Don't gc me and clean the dirty data after 1 hour!
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) CommitImage(ctx context.Context, cc backend.CommitConfig)
 	}
 
 	layers := append(manifest.Layers, diffLayerDesc)
-	commitManifestDesc, err := writeContentsForImage(ctx, i.snapshotter, cs, imageConfig, layers)
+	commitManifestDesc, err := writeContentsForImage(ctx, container.Driver, cs, imageConfig, layers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go b/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
index 59aa1d4ccf..c916a60a95 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (i *ImageService) PerformWithBaseFS(ctx context.Context, c *container.Container, fn func(root string) error) error {
-	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
+	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(c.Driver)
 	mounts, err := snapshotter.Mounts(ctx, c.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_list.go b/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
index ac8d9129b5..a175cf85b1 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) Images(ctx context.Context, opts types.ImageListOptions)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// TODO(thaJeztah): do we need to take multiple snapshotters into account? See https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/45273
 	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
 	sizeCache := make(map[digest.Digest]int64)
 	snapshotSizeFn := func(d digest.Digest) (int64, error) {
@@ -177,6 +178,8 @@ func (i *ImageService) singlePlatformImage(ctx context.Context, contentStore con
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+
+	// TODO(thaJeztah): do we need to take multiple snapshotters into account? See https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/45273
 	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
 	sizeCache := make(map[digest.Digest]int64)
 
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go b/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
index 79bf12f249..e9aa62ee17 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) PullImage(ctx context.Context, image, tagOrDigest string,
 	defer finishProgress()
 
 	opts = append(opts, containerd.WithPullUnpack)
+	// TODO(thaJeztah): we may have to pass the snapshotter to use if the pull is part of a "docker run" (container create -> pull image if missing). See https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/45273
 	opts = append(opts, containerd.WithPullSnapshotter(i.snapshotter))
 
 	// AppendInfoHandlerWrapper will annotate the image with basic information like manifest and layer digests as labels;
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/mount.go b/daemon/containerd/mount.go
index 012bad2368..ed58e761dc 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/mount.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/mount.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // Mount mounts the container filesystem in a temporary location, use defer imageService.Unmount
 // to unmount the filesystem when calling this
 func (i *ImageService) Mount(ctx context.Context, container *container.Container) error {
-	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
+	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(container.Driver)
 	mounts, err := snapshotter.Mounts(ctx, container.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/service.go b/daemon/containerd/service.go
index 3021fa9a1c..881bab10be 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/service.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/service.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) ReleaseLayer(rwlayer layer.RWLayer) error {
 // called from disk_usage.go
 func (i *ImageService) LayerDiskUsage(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 	var allLayersSize int64
+	// TODO(thaJeztah): do we need to take multiple snapshotters into account? See https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/45273
 	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
 	snapshotter.Walk(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, info snapshots.Info) error {
 		usage, err := snapshotter.Usage(ctx, info.Name)
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) GetContainerLayerSize(ctx context.Context, containerID st
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
 
-	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(i.snapshotter)
+	snapshotter := i.client.SnapshotService(ctr.Driver)
 	usage, err := snapshotter.Usage(ctx, containerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err