diff --git a/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config.go b/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config.go
index 5bb66a0e..20ee0743 100644
--- a/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config.go
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ func (cfg *Config) CredentialsStore() string {
 	return cfg.credentialsStore
 }
 
+// Path returns the path to the config file.
+func (cfg *Config) Path() string {
+	return cfg.path
+}
+
 // SetCredentialsStore puts the configured credentials store.
 func (cfg *Config) SetCredentialsStore(credsStore string) error {
 	cfg.rwLock.Lock()
diff --git a/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config_test.go b/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config_test.go
index 6622108b..a18eccac 100644
--- a/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/registry/remote/credentials/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -1450,3 +1450,13 @@ func Test_toHostname(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfig_Path(t *testing.T) {
+	mockedPath := "/path/to/config.json"
+	config := Config{
+		path: mockedPath,
+	}
+	if got := config.Path(); got != mockedPath {
+		t.Errorf("Config.Path() = %v, want %v", got, mockedPath)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/registry/remote/credentials/store.go b/registry/remote/credentials/store.go
index 467ace66..ae8ce5be 100644
--- a/registry/remote/credentials/store.go
+++ b/registry/remote/credentials/store.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ type Store interface {
 // in the config file.
 type DynamicStore struct {
 	config             *config.Config
-	configPath         string
 	options            StoreOptions
 	detectedCredsStore string
 	setCredsStoreOnce  sync.Once
@@ -101,9 +100,8 @@ func NewStore(configPath string, opts StoreOptions) (*DynamicStore, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ds := &DynamicStore{
-		config:     cfg,
-		configPath: configPath,
-		options:    opts,
+		config:  cfg,
+		options: opts,
 	}
 	if opts.DetectDefaultNativeStore && !cfg.IsAuthConfigured() {
 		// no authentication configured, detect the default credentials store
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ func (ds *DynamicStore) IsAuthConfigured() bool {
 
 // ConfigPath returns the path to the config file.
 func (ds *DynamicStore) ConfigPath() string {
-	return ds.configPath
+	return ds.config.Path()
 }
 
 // getHelperSuffix returns the credential helper suffix for the given server
diff --git a/registry/remote/credentials/store_test.go b/registry/remote/credentials/store_test.go
index 159b9b14..919f8757 100644
--- a/registry/remote/credentials/store_test.go
+++ b/registry/remote/credentials/store_test.go
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ func Test_DynamicStore_getHelperSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
 func Test_DynamicStore_ConfigPath(t *testing.T) {
 	path := "../../testdata/credsStore_config.json"
 	var err error