diff --git a/daemon/load.go b/daemon/load.go
index c0713741cf0ccfc9627487e30b180ce11e782e12..69175d795a4bef0a42f24be4f54f707d4de1d7f9 100644
--- a/daemon/load.go
+++ b/daemon/load.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package daemon
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/docker/tarfile"
@@ -175,25 +176,26 @@ func tryToParseImageFormatFromTarball(dataRoot string, opts *LoadOptions) ([]sin
 	systemContext.BigFilesTemporaryDir = tmpDir
 
 	// try docker format loading
-	imagesInTar, err := getDockerRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext, opts.path)
-	if err == nil {
+	imagesInTar, errDockerFormat := getDockerRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext, opts.path)
+	if errDockerFormat == nil {
 		logrus.Infof("Parse image successful with %q format", constant.DockerTransport)
 		opts.format = constant.DockerArchiveTransport
 		return imagesInTar, nil
 	}
-	logrus.Warnf("Try to Parse image of docker format failed with error: %v", err)
+	logrus.Warnf("Try to Parse image of docker format failed with error: %v", errDockerFormat)
 
 	// try oci format loading
-	imagesInTar, err = getOCIRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext, opts.path)
-	if err == nil {
+	imagesInTar, errOciFormat := getOCIRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext, opts.path)
+	if errOciFormat == nil {
 		logrus.Infof("Parse image successful with %q format", constant.OCITransport)
 		opts.format = constant.OCIArchiveTransport
 		return imagesInTar, nil
 	}
-	logrus.Warnf("Try to parse image of oci format failed with error: %v", err)
+	logrus.Warnf("Try to parse image of oci format failed with error: %v", errOciFormat)
 
-	// record the last error
-	return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "wrong image format detected from local tarball")
+	// record the error
+	return nil, errors.Errorf("wrong image format detected from local tarball: try docker format: %v,try oci format: %v",
+		errDockerFormat, errOciFormat)
 }
 
 func getDockerRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext *types.SystemContext, path string) ([]singleImage, error) {
@@ -215,6 +217,9 @@ func getDockerRepoTagFromImageTar(systemContext *types.SystemContext, path strin
 
 	imagesInTar := make([]singleImage, 0, len(topLevelImageManifest))
 	for i, manifestItem := range topLevelImageManifest {
+		if err := checkManifestIsValid(systemContext, path, i); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		imageID, err := parseConfigID(manifestItem.Config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -282,3 +287,27 @@ func getLoadedImageID(imageRef types.ImageReference, systemContext *types.System
 
 	return "@" + imageDigest.Encoded(), nil
 }
+
+func checkManifestIsValid(systemContext *types.SystemContext, path string, manifestIndex int) error {
+	imageName := exporter.FormatTransport(constant.DockerArchiveTransport, path)
+	srcRef, err := alltransports.ParseImageName(imageName + ":@" + strconv.Itoa(manifestIndex))
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse image name of docker image format")
+	}
+
+	if srcRef == nil || systemContext == nil {
+		return errors.New("nil image reference or system context when loading image")
+	}
+
+	newImage, err := srcRef.NewImage(context.TODO(), systemContext)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err = newImage.Close(); err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf("failed to close image: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/daemon/load_test.go b/daemon/load_test.go
index 5e1a42bc99dbdcea5640ed280e4f90a3a60760af..cecda36034102d9091ee6170d3f6d3616a4983d1 100644
--- a/daemon/load_test.go
+++ b/daemon/load_test.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestLoadSingleImage(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.errString)
 				return
 			}
-			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to get the image")
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "wrong image format detected from local tarball")
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -314,16 +314,9 @@ func TestLoadMultipleImages(t *testing.T) {
 	defer clean(dir)
 
 	path := dir.Join(loadedTarFile)
-	repoTags, err := tryToParseImageFormatFromTarball(daemon.opts.DataRoot, &LoadOptions{path: path})
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, repoTags[0].nameTag[0], "registry.example.com/sayhello:first")
-	assert.Equal(t, repoTags[1].nameTag[0], "registry.example.com/sayhello:second")
-	assert.Equal(t, repoTags[1].nameTag[1], "registry.example.com/sayhello:third")
-	assert.Equal(t, len(repoTags[2].nameTag), 0)
-
 	req := &pb.LoadRequest{Path: path}
 	stream := &controlLoadServer{}
 
-	err = daemon.backend.Load(req, stream)
-	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to get the image")
+	err := daemon.backend.Load(req, stream)
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "wrong image format detected from local tarball")
 }