diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/UploadTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/UploadTest.java
index 35bf09b0c..1fb91bd29 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/UploadTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/UploadTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.lib.AnyLongObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.lib.LongObjectId;
@@ -98,4 +105,36 @@ public void testLargeFileUpload() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals("expected object length " + Files.size(f), Files.size(f),
 				repository.getSize(id));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testParallelUploads() throws Exception {
+		int count = 10;
+		List<Path> paths = new ArrayList<>(count);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			Path f = Paths.get(getTempDirectory().toString(),
+					"largeRandomFile_" + i);
+			createPseudoRandomContentFile(f, 1 * MiB);
+			paths.add(f);
+		}
+
+		final CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(count);
+
+		ExecutorService e = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(count);
+		try {
+			for (final Path p : paths) {
+				e.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+					@Override
+					public Void call() throws Exception {
+						barrier.await();
+						putContent(p);
+						return null;
+					}
+				});
+			}
+		} finally {
+			e.shutdown();
+			e.awaitTermination(Long.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/FileLfsRepository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/FileLfsRepository.java
index 12da271b3..2e71c0407 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/FileLfsRepository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/FileLfsRepository.java
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_AUTHORIZATION;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
-import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ public class FileLfsRepository implements LargeFileRepository {
 
 	private final String url;
 	private final Path dir;
-	private AtomicObjectOutputStream out;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param url
@@ -147,21 +144,11 @@ ReadableByteChannel getReadChannel(AnyLongObjectId id)
 		return FileChannel.open(getPath(id), StandardOpenOption.READ);
 	}
 
-	WritableByteChannel getWriteChannel(AnyLongObjectId id)
+	AtomicObjectOutputStream getOutputStream(AnyLongObjectId id)
 			throws IOException {
 		Path path = getPath(id);
 		Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
-		out = new AtomicObjectOutputStream(path, id);
-		return Channels.newChannel(out);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Abort the output stream
-	 */
-	void abortWrite() {
-		if (out != null) {
-			out.abort();
-		}
+		return new AtomicObjectOutputStream(path, id);
 	}
 
 	private static char[] toHexCharArray(int b) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/ObjectUploadListener.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/ObjectUploadListener.java
index 05970ad1f..e524ac643 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/ObjectUploadListener.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/ObjectUploadListener.java
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ class ObjectUploadListener implements ReadListener {
 
 	private final HttpServletResponse response;
 
-	private FileLfsRepository repository;
-
 	private final ServletInputStream in;
 
 	private final ReadableByteChannel inChannel;
 
-	private WritableByteChannel out;
+	private final AtomicObjectOutputStream out;
+
+	private WritableByteChannel channel;
 
 	private final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8192);
 
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ public ObjectUploadListener(FileLfsRepository repository,
 			AsyncContext context, HttpServletRequest request,
 			HttpServletResponse response, AnyLongObjectId id)
 					throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
-		this.repository = repository;
 		this.context = context;
 		this.response = response;
 		this.in = request.getInputStream();
 		this.inChannel = Channels.newChannel(in);
-		this.out = repository.getWriteChannel(id);
+		this.out = repository.getOutputStream(id);
+		this.channel = Channels.newChannel(out);
 		response.setContentType(Constants.CONTENT_TYPE_GIT_LFS_JSON);
 	}
 
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ public void onDataAvailable() throws IOException {
 		while (in.isReady()) {
 			if (inChannel.read(buffer) > 0) {
 				buffer.flip();
-				out.write(buffer);
+				channel.write(buffer);
 				buffer.compact();
 			} else {
 				buffer.flip();
 				while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
-					out.write(buffer);
+					channel.write(buffer);
 				}
 				close();
 				return;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public void onAllDataRead() throws IOException {
 	protected void close() throws IOException {
 		try {
 			inChannel.close();
-			out.close();
+			channel.close();
 			// TODO check if status 200 is ok for PUT request, HTTP foresees 204
 			// for successful PUT without response body
 			response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ protected void close() throws IOException {
 	@Override
 	public void onError(Throwable e) {
 		try {
-			repository.abortWrite();
+			out.abort();
 			inChannel.close();
-			out.close();
+			channel.close();
 			int status;
 			if (e instanceof CorruptLongObjectException) {
 				status = HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST;