diff --git a/‎pkg/registry/client.go‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 9 deletions b/‎pkg/registry/client.go‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 9 deletions
diff --git a/‎pkg/registry/client_test.go‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion b/‎pkg/registry/client_test.go‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -712,8 +712,8 @@ func (c *Client) Push(data []byte, ref string, options ...PushOption) (*PushResu
 
 	ociAnnotations := generateOCIAnnotations(meta, operation.creationTime)
 
-	manifestDescriptor, err := c.tagManifest(ctx, memoryStore, ref, configDescriptor,
-		layers, ociAnnotations)
+	manifestDescriptor, err := c.tagManifest(ctx, memoryStore, configDescriptor,
+		layers, ociAnnotations, parsedRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ func (c *Client) ValidateReference(ref, version string, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, e
 
 // tagManifest prepares and tags a manifest in memory storage
 func (c *Client) tagManifest(ctx context.Context, memoryStore *memory.Store,
-	ref string, configDescriptor ocispec.Descriptor, layers []ocispec.Descriptor,
-	ociAnnotations map[string]string) (ocispec.Descriptor, error) {
+	configDescriptor ocispec.Descriptor, layers []ocispec.Descriptor,
+	ociAnnotations map[string]string, parsedRef reference) (ocispec.Descriptor, error) {
 
 	manifest := ocispec.Manifest{
 		Versioned:   specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
@@ -932,11 +932,6 @@ func (c *Client) tagManifest(ctx context.Context, memoryStore *memory.Store,
 		return ocispec.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
 
-	parsedRef, err := newReference(ref)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ocispec.Descriptor{}, err
-	}
-
 	return oras.TagBytes(ctx, memoryStore, ocispec.MediaTypeImageManifest,
 		manifestData, parsedRef.String())
 }
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ func TestTagManifestTransformsReferences(t *testing.T) {
 	configDesc := ocispec.Descriptor{MediaType: ConfigMediaType, Digest: "sha256:config", Size: 100}
 	layers := []ocispec.Descriptor{{MediaType: ChartLayerMediaType, Digest: "sha256:layer", Size: 200}}
 
-	desc, err := client.tagManifest(ctx, memStore, refWithPlus, configDesc, layers, nil)
+	parsedRef, err := newReference(refWithPlus)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	desc, err := client.tagManifest(ctx, memStore, configDesc, layers, nil, parsedRef)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	transformedDesc, err := memStore.Resolve(ctx, expectedRef)