@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ type CreateOptions struct {

 	Mount struct {

 		ShouldMount bool

 		From        reference.Canonical

+		Stat        *Descriptor

 	}

 }

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (lbs *linkedBlobStore) Create(ctx context.Context, options ...distribution.

 	}

 	if opts.Mount.ShouldMount {

-		desc, err := lbs.mount(ctx, opts.Mount.From, opts.Mount.From.Digest())

+		desc, err := lbs.mount(ctx, opts.Mount.From, opts.Mount.From.Digest(), opts.Mount.Stat)

 		if err == nil {

 			// Mount successful, no need to initiate an upload session

 			return nil, distribution.ErrBlobMounted{From: opts.Mount.From, Descriptor: desc}

@@ -280,14 +280,21 @@ func (lbs *linkedBlobStore) Enumerate(ctx context.Context, ingestor func(digest.

 	return nil

 }

-func (lbs *linkedBlobStore) mount(ctx context.Context, sourceRepo reference.Named, dgst digest.Digest) (distribution.Descriptor, error) {

-	repo, err := lbs.registry.Repository(ctx, sourceRepo)

-	if err != nil {

-		return distribution.Descriptor{}, err

-	}

-	stat, err := repo.Blobs(ctx).Stat(ctx, dgst)

-	if err != nil {

-		return distribution.Descriptor{}, err

+func (lbs *linkedBlobStore) mount(ctx context.Context, sourceRepo reference.Named, dgst digest.Digest, sourceStat *distribution.Descriptor) (distribution.Descriptor, error) {

+	var stat distribution.Descriptor

+	if sourceStat == nil {

+		// look up the blob info from the sourceRepo if not already provided

+		repo, err := lbs.registry.Repository(ctx, sourceRepo)

+		if err != nil {

+			return distribution.Descriptor{}, err

+		}

+		stat, err = repo.Blobs(ctx).Stat(ctx, dgst)

+		if err != nil {

+			return distribution.Descriptor{}, err

+		}

+	} else {

+		// use the provided blob info

+		stat = *sourceStat

 	}

 	desc := distribution.Descriptor{