diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
index 48af505e1148e..bb7c40617b4ea 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/lib/tarball-asset.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class TarballImageAsset extends CoreConstruct implements IAsset {
       throw new Error(`Cannot find file at ${props.tarballFile}`);
     }
 
-    const stagedTarball = new AssetStaging(scope, 'Staging', { sourcePath: props.tarballFile });
+    const stagedTarball = new AssetStaging(this, 'Staging', { sourcePath: props.tarballFile });
 
     this.sourceHash = stagedTarball.assetHash;
     this.assetHash = stagedTarball.assetHash;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/test/tarball-asset.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/test/tarball-asset.test.ts
index c4654fed87044..20d7517e23915 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/test/tarball-asset.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets/test/tarball-asset.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('image asset', () => {
   testFutureBehavior('test instantiating Asset Image', flags, App, (app) => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new Stack(app);
-    const assset = new TarballImageAsset(stack, 'Image', {
+    const asset = new TarballImageAsset(stack, 'Image', {
       tarballFile: __dirname + '/demo-tarball/empty.tar',
     });
 
@@ -30,23 +30,26 @@ describe('image asset', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(manifest.files ?? {}).length).toBe(1);
     expect(Object.keys(manifest.dockerImages ?? {}).length).toBe(1);
 
-    expect(manifest.dockerImages?.[assset.assetHash]?.destinations?.['current_account-current_region']).toStrictEqual(
+    expect(manifest.dockerImages?.[asset.assetHash]?.destinations?.['current_account-current_region']).toStrictEqual(
       {
         assumeRoleArn: 'arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-image-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}',
-        imageTag: assset.assetHash,
+        imageTag: asset.assetHash,
         repositoryName: 'cdk-hnb659fds-container-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}',
       },
     );
 
-    expect(manifest.dockerImages?.[assset.assetHash]?.source).toStrictEqual(
+    expect(manifest.dockerImages?.[asset.assetHash]?.source).toStrictEqual(
       {
         executable: [
           'sh',
           '-c',
-          `docker load -i asset.${assset.assetHash}.tar | sed "s/Loaded image: //g"`,
+          `docker load -i asset.${asset.assetHash}.tar | sed "s/Loaded image: //g"`,
         ],
       },
     );
+
+    // AssetStaging in TarballImageAsset uses `this` as scope'
+    expect(asset.node.tryFindChild('Staging')).toBeDefined();
   });
 
   testFutureBehavior('asset.repository.grantPull can be used to grant a principal permissions to use the image', flags, App, (app) => {