diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index 143c81e34..b5e2cd3b3 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -720,7 +720,11 @@ func (arch *Archiver) loadParentTree(ctx context.Context, snapshotID restic.ID)
 // runWorkers starts the worker pools, which are stopped when the context is cancelled.
 func (arch *Archiver) runWorkers(ctx context.Context) {
 	arch.blobSaver = NewBlobSaver(ctx, arch.Repo, arch.Options.SaveBlobConcurrency)
-	arch.fileSaver = NewFileSaver(ctx, arch.FS, arch.blobSaver, arch.Repo.Config().ChunkerPolynomial, arch.Options.FileReadConcurrency)
+	arch.fileSaver = NewFileSaver(ctx,
+		arch.FS,
+		arch.blobSaver,
+		arch.Repo.Config().ChunkerPolynomial,
+		arch.Options.FileReadConcurrency, arch.Options.SaveBlobConcurrency)
 	arch.fileSaver.CompleteBlob = arch.CompleteBlob
 
 	arch.fileSaver.NodeFromFileInfo = arch.nodeFromFileInfo
diff --git a/internal/archiver/file_saver.go b/internal/archiver/file_saver.go
index 9a923c6c7..32232e28f 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/file_saver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/file_saver.go
@@ -63,20 +63,25 @@ type FileSaver struct {
 
 // NewFileSaver returns a new file saver. A worker pool with workers is
 // started, it is stopped when ctx is cancelled.
-func NewFileSaver(ctx context.Context, fs fs.FS, blobSaver *BlobSaver, pol chunker.Pol, workers uint) *FileSaver {
-	ch := make(chan saveFileJob, workers)
+func NewFileSaver(ctx context.Context, fs fs.FS, blobSaver *BlobSaver, pol chunker.Pol, fileWorkers, blobWorkers uint) *FileSaver {
+	ch := make(chan saveFileJob, fileWorkers)
+
+	poolSize := fileWorkers
+	if blobWorkers > fileWorkers {
+		poolSize = blobWorkers
+	}
 
 	s := &FileSaver{
 		fs:           fs,
 		blobSaver:    blobSaver,
-		saveFilePool: NewBufferPool(ctx, 3*int(workers), chunker.MaxSize/4),
+		saveFilePool: NewBufferPool(ctx, int(poolSize)*3/2, chunker.MaxSize/2),
 		pol:          pol,
 		ch:           ch,
 
 		CompleteBlob: func(string, uint64) {},
 	}
 
-	for i := uint(0); i < workers; i++ {
+	for i := uint(0); i < fileWorkers; i++ {
 		s.wg.Add(1)
 		go s.worker(ctx, &s.wg, ch)
 	}