diff --git a/internal/repository/check.go b/internal/repository/check.go
index 9d8c43fc6..4092cbef6 100644
--- a/internal/repository/check.go
+++ b/internal/repository/check.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func CheckPack(ctx context.Context, r *Repository, id restic.ID, blobs []restic.
 	return err
 }
 
-func checkPackInner(ctx context.Context, r restic.Repository, id restic.ID, blobs []restic.Blob, size int64, bufRd *bufio.Reader, dec *zstd.Decoder) error {
+func checkPackInner(ctx context.Context, r *Repository, id restic.ID, blobs []restic.Blob, size int64, bufRd *bufio.Reader, dec *zstd.Decoder) error {
 
 	debug.Log("checking pack %v", id.String())
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func checkPackInner(ctx context.Context, r restic.Repository, id restic.ID, blob
 	var hash restic.ID
 	var hdrBuf []byte
 	h := backend.Handle{Type: backend.PackFile, Name: id.String()}
-	err := r.Backend().Load(ctx, h, int(size), 0, func(rd io.Reader) error {
+	err := r.be.Load(ctx, h, int(size), 0, func(rd io.Reader) error {
 		hrd := hashing.NewReader(rd, sha256.New())
 		bufRd.Reset(hrd)
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index f740c6763..f80eb9c99 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ func (r *Repository) List(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType, fn func(restic
 func (r *Repository) ListPack(ctx context.Context, id restic.ID, size int64) ([]restic.Blob, uint32, error) {
 	h := backend.Handle{Type: restic.PackFile, Name: id.String()}
 
-	entries, hdrSize, err := pack.List(r.Key(), backend.ReaderAt(ctx, r.Backend(), h), size)
+	entries, hdrSize, err := pack.List(r.Key(), backend.ReaderAt(ctx, r.be, h), size)
 	if err != nil {
 		if r.Cache != nil {
 			// ignore error as there is not much we can do here
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ func (r *Repository) ListPack(ctx context.Context, id restic.ID, size int64) ([]
 		}
 
 		// retry on error
-		entries, hdrSize, err = pack.List(r.Key(), backend.ReaderAt(ctx, r.Backend(), h), size)
+		entries, hdrSize, err = pack.List(r.Key(), backend.ReaderAt(ctx, r.be, h), size)
 	}
 	return entries, hdrSize, err
 }
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ const maxUnusedRange = 1 * 1024 * 1024
 // then LoadBlobsFromPack will abort and not retry it. The buf passed to the callback is only valid within
 // this specific call. The callback must not keep a reference to buf.
 func (r *Repository) LoadBlobsFromPack(ctx context.Context, packID restic.ID, blobs []restic.Blob, handleBlobFn func(blob restic.BlobHandle, buf []byte, err error) error) error {
-	return streamPack(ctx, r.Backend().Load, r.LoadBlob, r.getZstdDecoder(), r.key, packID, blobs, handleBlobFn)
+	return streamPack(ctx, r.be.Load, r.LoadBlob, r.getZstdDecoder(), r.key, packID, blobs, handleBlobFn)
 }
 
 func streamPack(ctx context.Context, beLoad backendLoadFn, loadBlobFn loadBlobFn, dec *zstd.Decoder, key *crypto.Key, packID restic.ID, blobs []restic.Blob, handleBlobFn func(blob restic.BlobHandle, buf []byte, err error) error) error {