diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
index e638663..299d8bf 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts
@@ -54,17 +54,24 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
         create: jest.Mock;
         save: jest.Mock;
         findOne: jest.Mock;
-        increment: jest.Mock;
+        createQueryBuilder: jest.Mock;
         remove: jest.Mock;
     };
     let transaction: jest.Mock;
+    let reserveViewExecute: jest.Mock;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+        reserveViewExecute = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ affected: 1 });
+        const andWhere = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ execute: reserveViewExecute });
+        const where = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ andWhere });
+        const set = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ where });
+        const update = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ set });
+
         uploadRepository = {
             create: jest.fn((entityLike: unknown) => entityLike),
             save: jest.fn(async (entity: unknown) => entity),
             findOne: jest.fn(),
-            increment: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ affected: 1, raw: [], generatedMaps: [] }),
+            createQueryBuilder: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ update }),
             remove: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
         };
 
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 relations: ['zk']
             });
             expect(storageService.read).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fixedId);
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: fixedId }, 'viewCount', 1);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('includes wrap fields when password protected', async () => {
@@ -262,7 +269,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 wrapIv: wrapIv.toString('base64'),
                 salt: salt.toString('base64')
             });
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: fixedId }, 'viewCount', 1);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when upload is missing or not zk', async () => {
@@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getZkUploadCiphertext(fixedId)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when ciphertext file is missing', async () => {
@@ -282,7 +289,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
             storageService.read.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' }));
 
             await expect(service.getZkUploadCiphertext(fixedId)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when password protected but wrap data is incomplete', async () => {
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
             storageService.read.mockResolvedValue(Buffer.alloc(8));
 
             await expect(service.getZkUploadCiphertext(fixedId)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when expiresAt is in the past', async () => {
@@ -317,7 +324,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getZkUploadCiphertext(fixedId)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when maxViews is exhausted', async () => {
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getZkUploadCiphertext(fixedId)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('does not purge on GET after the last allowed view', async () => {
@@ -365,7 +372,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 passwordProtected: false
             });
 
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: fixedId }, 'viewCount', 1);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(storageService.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
@@ -395,7 +402,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 where: { id: fixedId, mode: UploadMode.Hotlink },
                 relations: ['hotlink']
             });
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: fixedId }, 'viewCount', 1);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when upload is missing or not hotlink', async () => {
@@ -403,7 +410,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getHotlinkImage(fixedId, secret)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when secret is wrong but well-formed', async () => {
@@ -417,7 +424,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
             const wrongSecret = Buffer.alloc(32, 0x99).toString('base64url');
 
             await expect(service.getHotlinkImage(fixedId, wrongSecret)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when ciphertext file is missing', async () => {
@@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
             storageService.read.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' }));
 
             await expect(service.getHotlinkImage(fixedId, secret)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when expiresAt is in the past', async () => {
@@ -442,7 +449,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getHotlinkImage(fixedId, secret)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('throws NotFoundException when maxViews is exhausted', async () => {
@@ -456,7 +463,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
 
             await expect(service.getHotlinkImage(fixedId, secret)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
             expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('does not purge on GET after the last allowed view', async () => {
@@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 mimeType: 'image/png'
             });
 
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: fixedId }, 'viewCount', 1);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(storageService.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
@@ -497,7 +504,7 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
                 mimeType: 'image/png'
             });
 
-            expect(uploadRepository.increment).toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(storageService.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
             expect(uploadRepository.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
index e9f44ca..fa2a9ef 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class UploadService {
             result.salt = toBase64(upload.zk.salt);
         }
 
-        await this.uploadRepository.increment({ id }, 'viewCount', 1);
+        await this.reserveViewSlot(id);
 
         return result;
     }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class UploadService {
             throw new NotFoundException();
         }
 
-        await this.uploadRepository.increment({ id }, 'viewCount', 1);
+        await this.reserveViewSlot(id);
 
         return {
             body,
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ export class UploadService {
         };
     }
 
+    private async reserveViewSlot(id: string): Promise<void> {
+        const { affected } = await this.uploadRepository
+            .createQueryBuilder()
+            .update('uploads')
+            .set({ viewCount: () => '"viewCount" + 1' })
+            .where('id = :id', { id })
+            .andWhere('("maxViews" IS NULL OR "viewCount" < "maxViews")')
+            .execute();
+
+        if (!affected) {
+            throw new NotFoundException();
+        }
+    }
+
     private async throwIfUnencryptedImage(ciphertext: Buffer): Promise<void> {
         const detected = await fileTypeFromBuffer(ciphertext);