diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index 25d90a572..1aec70785 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ type archiverRepo interface {
 	restic.WithBlobUploader
 	restic.SaverUnpacked[restic.WriteableFileType]
 
-	Config() restic.Config
+	ChunkerFactory() restic.ChunkerFactory
 }
 
 // Archiver saves a directory structure to the repo.
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ func (arch *Archiver) loadParentTree(ctx context.Context, sn *data.Snapshot) dat
 func (arch *Archiver) runWorkers(ctx context.Context, wg *errgroup.Group, uploader restic.BlobSaverAsync) {
 	arch.fileSaver = newFileSaver(ctx, wg,
 		uploader,
-		arch.Repo.Config().ChunkerPolynomial,
+		arch.Repo.ChunkerFactory(),
 		arch.Options.ReadConcurrency)
 	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 bd33303a4..48b308e00 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/file_saver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/file_saver.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/restic/chunker"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/data"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ type fileSaver struct {
 	saveFilePool *bufferPool
 	uploader     restic.BlobSaverAsync
 
-	pol chunker.Pol
+	chunkerFactory restic.ChunkerFactory
 
 	ch chan<- saveFileJob
 
@@ -33,15 +32,15 @@ type fileSaver struct {
 
 // newFileSaver returns a new file saver. A worker pool with fileWorkers is
 // started, it is stopped when ctx is cancelled.
-func newFileSaver(ctx context.Context, wg *errgroup.Group, uploader restic.BlobSaverAsync, pol chunker.Pol, fileWorkers uint) *fileSaver {
+func newFileSaver(ctx context.Context, wg *errgroup.Group, uploader restic.BlobSaverAsync, chunkerFactory restic.ChunkerFactory, fileWorkers uint) *fileSaver {
 	ch := make(chan saveFileJob)
 	debug.Log("new file saver with %v file workers", fileWorkers)
 
 	s := &fileSaver{
-		uploader:     uploader,
-		saveFilePool: newBufferPool(chunker.MaxSize),
-		pol:          pol,
-		ch:           ch,
+		uploader:       uploader,
+		saveFilePool:   newBufferPool(chunkerFactory.MaxChunkSize()),
+		chunkerFactory: chunkerFactory,
+		ch:             ch,
 
 		CompleteBlob: func(uint64) {},
 	}
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func (s *fileChunkState) reset() {
 
 // readNextChunk reads from rd and returns the next chunk of data. io.EOF is
 // returned when all chunks have been read.
-func (s *fileChunkState) readNextChunk(rd io.Reader, chnker *chunker.BaseChunker, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (s *fileChunkState) readNextChunk(rd io.Reader, chnker restic.Chunker, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	data = data[:0]
 	for {
 		if s.bpos >= s.bmax {
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ func (s *fileChunkState) readNextChunk(rd io.Reader, chnker *chunker.BaseChunker
 }
 
 // saveFile stores the file f in the repo, then closes it.
-func (s *fileSaver) saveFile(ctx context.Context, chnker *chunker.BaseChunker, chunkState *fileChunkState, snPath string, target string, f fs.File, start func(), finishReading func(), finish func(res futureNodeResult)) {
+func (s *fileSaver) saveFile(ctx context.Context, chnker restic.Chunker, chunkState *fileChunkState, snPath string, target string, f fs.File, start func(), finishReading func(), finish func(res futureNodeResult)) {
 	start()
 
 	fnr := futureNodeResult{
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ func (s *fileSaver) saveFile(ctx context.Context, chnker *chunker.BaseChunker, c
 		return
 	}
 
-	chnker.Reset(s.pol)
+	chnker.Reset()
 	chunkState.reset()
 
 	node.Content = []restic.ID{}
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ func (s *fileSaver) saveFile(ctx context.Context, chnker *chunker.BaseChunker, c
 }
 
 func (s *fileSaver) worker(ctx context.Context, jobs <-chan saveFileJob) {
-	chnker := chunker.NewBase(s.pol)
+	chnker := s.chunkerFactory.NewChunker()
 	chunkState := &fileChunkState{readBuf: make([]byte, chunkReadBufSize)}
 
 	for {
diff --git a/internal/archiver/file_saver_test.go b/internal/archiver/file_saver_test.go
index 1af322be0..9be2f0d95 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/file_saver_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/file_saver_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/restic/chunker"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/data"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/fs"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ func startFileSaver(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, _ fs.FS) (*fileSaver, *mo
 	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 
 	workers := uint(runtime.NumCPU())
-	pol, err := chunker.RandomPolynomial()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	chunkerFactory := repository.TestRepository(t).ChunkerFactory()
 
 	saver := &mockSaver{saved: make(map[string]int)}
-	s := newFileSaver(ctx, wg, saver, pol, workers)
+	s := newFileSaver(ctx, wg, saver, chunkerFactory, workers)
 	s.NodeFromFileInfo = func(snPath, filename string, meta toNoder, ignoreXattrListError bool) (*data.Node, error) {
 		return meta.ToNode(ignoreXattrListError, t.Logf)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/repository/chunker.go b/internal/repository/chunker.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7debff313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/chunker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package repository
+
+import (
+	"github.com/restic/chunker"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+)
+
+type baseChunker struct {
+	bc  *chunker.BaseChunker
+	pol chunker.Pol
+}
+
+func (c *baseChunker) Reset() {
+	c.bc.Reset(c.pol)
+}
+
+func (c *baseChunker) NextSplitPoint(buf []byte) int {
+	return c.bc.NextSplitPoint(buf)
+}
+
+type chunkerFactory struct {
+	pol chunker.Pol
+}
+
+func newChunkerFactory(pol chunker.Pol) *chunkerFactory {
+	return &chunkerFactory{pol: pol}
+}
+
+func (f *chunkerFactory) NewChunker() restic.Chunker {
+	return &baseChunker{bc: chunker.NewBase(f.pol), pol: f.pol}
+}
+
+func (f *chunkerFactory) MaxChunkSize() int {
+	return chunker.MaxSize
+}
+
+func (r *Repository) ChunkerFactory() restic.ChunkerFactory {
+	return newChunkerFactory(r.Config().ChunkerPolynomial)
+}
diff --git a/internal/restic/chunker.go b/internal/restic/chunker.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1187f098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/restic/chunker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package restic
+
+// Chunker splits file content into variable-length chunks.
+// Implementations are created by ChunkerFactory and reused across files via Reset.
+type Chunker interface {
+	// Reset reinitializes the chunker for a new file.
+	Reset()
+	// NextSplitPoint scans buf for a chunk boundary.
+	// Returns index before which to split buf, or -1 if no boundary found in this buffer.
+	// This operation is stateful. All buffers passed to it until a split point is found
+	// then form a single chunk.
+	NextSplitPoint(buf []byte) int
+}
+
+// ChunkerFactory creates chunkers configured for a specific repository.
+type ChunkerFactory interface {
+	NewChunker() Chunker
+	// MaxChunkSize is the maximum size of a single chunk (used for output buffer pools).
+	MaxChunkSize() int
+}
diff --git a/internal/restic/repository.go b/internal/restic/repository.go
index 8cd408202..07f6c8a50 100644
--- a/internal/restic/repository.go
+++ b/internal/restic/repository.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Repository interface {
 	Connections() uint
 	Config() Config
 	PackSize() uint
+	ChunkerFactory() ChunkerFactory
 
 	LoadIndex(ctx context.Context, p TerminalCounterFactory) error