diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image.go b/daemon/containerd/image.go
index 8d0067360a..3af499644d 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) GetImageManifest(ctx context.Context, refOrID string, opt
 		platform = platforms.Only(*options.Platform)
 	}
 
-	cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+	cs := i.content
 
 	img, err := i.resolveImage(ctx, refOrID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) GetImageManifest(ctx context.Context, refOrID string, opt
 func (i *ImageService) size(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor, platform platforms.MatchComparer) (int64, error) {
 	var size int64
 
-	cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+	cs := i.content
 	handler := containerdimages.LimitManifests(containerdimages.ChildrenHandler(cs), platform, 1)
 
 	var wh containerdimages.HandlerFunc = func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) ([]ocispec.Descriptor, error) {
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) resolveImage(ctx context.Context, refOrID string) (contai
 // pointing to the same repository as the given reference.
 func (i *ImageService) getAllImagesWithRepository(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named) ([]containerdimages.Image, error) {
 	nameFilter := "^" + regexp.QuoteMeta(ref.Name()) + ":" + reference.TagRegexp.String() + "$"
-	return i.client.ImageService().List(ctx, "name~="+strconv.Quote(nameFilter))
+	return i.images.List(ctx, "name~="+strconv.Quote(nameFilter))
 }
 
 func imageFamiliarName(img containerdimages.Image) string {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func imageFamiliarName(img containerdimages.Image) string {
 // targeting the specified digest.
 // If images have different values, an errdefs.Conflict error will be returned.
 func (i *ImageService) getImageLabelByDigest(ctx context.Context, target digest.Digest, labelKey string) (string, error) {
-	imgs, err := i.client.ImageService().List(ctx, "target.digest=="+target.String()+",labels."+labelKey)
+	imgs, err := i.images.List(ctx, "target.digest=="+target.String()+",labels."+labelKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errdefs.System(err)
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_builder.go b/daemon/containerd/image_builder.go
index 5f3a40e478..3b52ac31d4 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_builder.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_builder.go
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ func newROLayerForImage(ctx context.Context, imgDesc *ocispec.Descriptor, i *Ima
 		platMatcher = platforms.Only(*platform)
 	}
 
-	confDesc, err := containerdimages.Config(ctx, i.client.ContentStore(), *imgDesc, platMatcher)
+	confDesc, err := containerdimages.Config(ctx, i.content, *imgDesc, platMatcher)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	diffIDs, err := containerdimages.RootFS(ctx, i.client.ContentStore(), confDesc)
+	diffIDs, err := containerdimages.RootFS(ctx, i.content, confDesc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) CreateImage(ctx context.Context, config []byte, parent st
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		parentImageManifest, err := containerdimages.Manifest(ctx, i.client.ContentStore(), parentDesc, platforms.Default())
+		parentImageManifest, err := containerdimages.Manifest(ctx, i.content, parentDesc, platforms.Default())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) CreateImage(ctx context.Context, config []byte, parent st
 		parentDigest = parentDesc.Digest
 	}
 
-	cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+	cs := i.content
 
 	ra, err := cs.ReaderAt(ctx, ocispec.Descriptor{Digest: layerDigest})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) createImageOCI(ctx context.Context, imgToCreate imagespec
 		}
 	}()
 
-	manifestDesc, ccDesc, err := writeContentsForImage(ctx, i.snapshotter, i.client.ContentStore(), imgToCreate, layers, containerConfig)
+	manifestDesc, ccDesc, err := writeContentsForImage(ctx, i.snapshotter, i.content, imgToCreate, layers, containerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ func (i *ImageService) createImageOCI(ctx context.Context, imgToCreate imagespec
 		img.Labels[imageLabelClassicBuilderFromScratch] = "1"
 	}
 
-	createdImage, err := i.client.ImageService().Update(ctx, img)
+	createdImage, err := i.images.Update(ctx, img)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 
-		if createdImage, err = i.client.ImageService().Create(ctx, img); err != nil {
+		if createdImage, err = i.images.Create(ctx, img); err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create new image: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go b/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
index 568bf8dfa8..9e7cb526d3 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_commit.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ with adaptations to match the Moby data model and services.
 // CommitImage creates a new image from a commit config.
 func (i *ImageService) CommitImage(ctx context.Context, cc backend.CommitConfig) (image.ID, error) {
 	container := i.containers.Get(cc.ContainerID)
-	cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+	cs := i.content
 
 	var parentManifest ocispec.Manifest
 	var parentImage imagespec.DockerOCIImage
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_delete.go b/daemon/containerd/image_delete.go
index 8f4325776c..96d55ac632 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_delete.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_delete.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) imageDeleteHelper(ctx context.Context, img images.Image,
 				CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 				Labels:    img.Labels,
 			}
-			if _, err = i.client.ImageService().Create(ctx, img); err != nil && !cerrdefs.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			if _, err = i.images.Create(ctx, img); err != nil && !cerrdefs.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create dangling image: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_history.go b/daemon/containerd/image_history.go
index 39f96d99ba..e20710c3c6 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_history.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_history.go
@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ func (i *ImageService) ImageHistory(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]*imaget
 		return imgs
 	}
 
-	is := i.client.ImageService()
 	currentImg := img
 	for _, h := range history {
 		dgst := currentImg.Target.Digest.String()
 		h.ID = dgst
 
-		imgs, err := is.List(ctx, "target.digest=="+dgst)
+		imgs, err := i.images.List(ctx, "target.digest=="+dgst)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -157,5 +156,5 @@ func (i *ImageService) getParentsByBuilderLabel(ctx context.Context, img contain
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	return i.client.ImageService().List(ctx, "target.digest=="+dgst.String())
+	return i.images.List(ctx, "target.digest=="+dgst.String())
 }
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_import.go b/daemon/containerd/image_import.go
index e6af188e21..a5b408d5d4 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_import.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_import.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) ImportImage(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, pla
 		return "", errdefs.InvalidParameter(err)
 	}
 
-	cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+	cs := i.content
 
 	compressedDigest, uncompressedDigest, mt, err := saveArchive(ctx, cs, layerReader)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -299,11 +299,9 @@ func writeBlobAndReturnDigest(ctx context.Context, cs content.Store, mt string,
 
 // saveImage creates an image in the ImageService or updates it if it exists.
 func (i *ImageService) saveImage(ctx context.Context, img images.Image) error {
-	is := i.client.ImageService()
-
-	if _, err := is.Update(ctx, img); err != nil {
+	if _, err := i.images.Update(ctx, img); err != nil {
 		if cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
-			if _, err := is.Create(ctx, img); err != nil {
+			if _, err := i.images.Create(ctx, img); err != nil {
 				return errdefs.Unknown(err)
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_list.go b/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
index 8271a9cc8a..a3bd9e13ff 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_list.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) Images(ctx context.Context, opts imagetypes.ListOptions)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	imgs, err := i.client.ImageService().List(ctx)
+	imgs, err := i.images.List(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) Images(ctx context.Context, opts imagetypes.ListOptions)
 		layers = make(map[digest.Digest]int)
 	}
 
-	contentStore := i.client.ContentStore()
+	contentStore := i.content
 	uniqueImages := map[digest.Digest]images.Image{}
 	tagsByDigest := map[digest.Digest][]string{}
 	intermediateImages := map[digest.Digest]struct{}{}
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) setupFilters(ctx context.Context, imageFilters filters.Ar
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	labelFn, err := setupLabelFilter(i.client.ContentStore(), imageFilters)
+	labelFn, err := setupLabelFilter(i.content, imageFilters)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go b/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
index 26b27263cc..fbb71b4766 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_pull.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) pullTag(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, platfor
 	})
 	opts = append(opts, containerd.WithImageHandler(h))
 
-	pp := pullProgress{store: i.client.ContentStore(), showExists: true}
+	pp := pullProgress{store: i.content, showExists: true}
 	finishProgress := jobs.showProgress(ctx, out, pp)
 
 	var outNewImg *containerd.Image
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) pullTag(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, platfor
 				sentPullingFrom = true
 			}
 
-			available, _, _, missing, err := images.Check(ctx, i.client.ContentStore(), desc, p)
+			available, _, _, missing, err := images.Check(ctx, i.content, desc, p)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) pullTag(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, platfor
 	logger.Info("image pulled")
 
 	// The pull succeeded, so try to remove any dangling image we have for this target
-	err = i.client.ImageService().Delete(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), danglingImageName(img.Target().Digest))
+	err = i.images.Delete(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), danglingImageName(img.Target().Digest))
 	if err != nil && !cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
 		// Image pull succeeded, but cleaning up the dangling image failed. Ignore the
 		// error to not mark the pull as failed.
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_push.go b/daemon/containerd/image_push.go
index 06f47bfd67..b8bb023444 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_push.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_push.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) pushRef(ctx context.Context, targetRef reference.Named, m
 		}
 	}()
 
-	img, err := i.client.ImageService().Get(ctx, targetRef.String())
+	img, err := i.images.Get(ctx, targetRef.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		if cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return errdefs.NotFound(fmt.Errorf("tag does not exist: %s", reference.FamiliarString(targetRef)))
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) pushRef(ctx context.Context, targetRef reference.Named, m
 	}
 
 	target := img.Target
-	store := i.client.ContentStore()
+	store := i.content
 
 	resolver, tracker := i.newResolverFromAuthConfig(ctx, authConfig, targetRef)
 	pp := pushProgress{Tracker: tracker}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_snapshot.go b/daemon/containerd/image_snapshot.go
index 6c7104dfa9..dff127d69a 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_snapshot.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_snapshot.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) PrepareSnapshot(ctx context.Context, id string, parentIma
 			return err
 		}
 
-		cs := i.client.ContentStore()
+		cs := i.content
 
 		matcher := matchAllWithPreference(platforms.Default())
 		if platform != nil {
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_tag.go b/daemon/containerd/image_tag.go
index 9b8ff10daa..54de8efe3d 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_tag.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_tag.go
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) TagImage(ctx context.Context, imageID image.ID, newTag re
 		Labels: targetImage.Labels,
 	}
 
-	is := i.client.ImageService()
-	_, err = is.Create(ctx, newImg)
+	_, err = i.images.Create(ctx, newImg)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !cerrdefs.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			return errdefs.System(errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create image with name %s and target %s", newImg.Name, newImg.Target.Digest.String()))
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) TagImage(ctx context.Context, imageID image.ID, newTag re
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete previous image %s", replacedImg.Name)
 		}
 
-		if _, err = is.Create(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), newImg); err != nil {
+		if _, err = i.images.Create(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), newImg); err != nil {
 			return errdefs.System(errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create an image %s with target %s after deleting the existing one",
 				newImg.Name, imageID.String()))
 		}
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) TagImage(ctx context.Context, imageID image.ID, newTag re
 	defer i.LogImageEvent(imageID.String(), reference.FamiliarString(newTag), events.ActionTag)
 
 	// Delete the source dangling image, as it's no longer dangling.
-	if err := is.Delete(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), danglingImageName(targetImage.Target.Digest)); err != nil {
+	if err := i.images.Delete(compatcontext.WithoutCancel(ctx), danglingImageName(targetImage.Target.Digest)); err != nil {
 		logger.WithError(err).Warn("unexpected error when deleting dangling image")
 	}