diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/inmemory/mfs.go b/registry/storage/driver/inmemory/mfs.go
index 9ac8d4340..028052edb 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/inmemory/mfs.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/inmemory/mfs.go
@@ -290,18 +290,28 @@ func (f *file) ReadAt(p []byte, offset int64) (n int, err error) {
 	return copy(p, f.data[offset:]), nil
 }
 
+// reallocExponent is the exponent used to realloc a slice. The value roughly
+// follows the behavior of Go built-in append function.
+const reallocExponent = 1.25
+
 func (f *file) WriteAt(p []byte, offset int64) (n int, err error) {
-	off := int(offset)
-	if cap(f.data) < off+len(p) {
-		data := make([]byte, len(f.data), off+len(p))
+	newLen := offset + int64(len(p))
+	if int64(cap(f.data)) < newLen {
+		// Grow slice exponentially to ensure amortized linear time complexity
+		// of reallocation
+		newCap := int64(float64(cap(f.data)) * reallocExponent)
+		if newCap < newLen {
+			newCap = newLen
+		}
+		data := make([]byte, len(f.data), newCap)
 		copy(data, f.data)
 		f.data = data
 	}
 
 	f.mod = time.Now()
-	f.data = f.data[:off+len(p)]
+	f.data = f.data[:newLen]
 
-	return copy(f.data[off:off+len(p)], p), nil
+	return copy(f.data[offset:newLen], p), nil
 }
 
 func (f *file) String() string {