diff --git a/packages/platform-express/multer/multer/multer.utils.ts b/packages/platform-express/multer/multer/multer.utils.ts
index b5fb4f8808..e7932f46a1 100644
--- a/packages/platform-express/multer/multer/multer.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-express/multer/multer/multer.utils.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export function mergeMulterOptions(
   if (isPlainObject(options.limits) && isPlainObject(localOptions.limits)) {
     merged.limits = { ...options.limits, ...localOptions.limits };
   }
+  // `dest` and `storage` both say where files go, and multer prefers
+  // `storage`, so a global storage engine would shadow a local `dest`.
+  if (localOptions.dest && !localOptions.storage) {
+    delete merged.storage;
+  }
   return merged;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-express/test/multer/multer/multer.utils.spec.ts b/packages/platform-express/test/multer/multer/multer.utils.spec.ts
index a32365e326..2309a72fd3 100644
--- a/packages/platform-express/test/multer/multer/multer.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-express/test/multer/multer/multer.utils.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ describe('mergeMulterOptions', () => {
     const merged = mergeMulterOptions({ dest: '/global' }, { dest: '/local' });
     expect(merged.dest).toBe('/local');
   });
+  it('should let a local "dest" override a global "storage"', () => {
+    const merged = mergeMulterOptions(
+      { storage: multer.memoryStorage() },
+      { dest: '/local' },
+    );
+    expect(merged).toEqual({ dest: '/local' });
+  });
+  it('should keep a global "storage" when the route sets no "dest"', () => {
+    const storage = multer.memoryStorage();
+    const merged = mergeMulterOptions({ storage }, { preservePath: true });
+    expect(merged.storage).toBe(storage);
+  });
   it('should merge limits key-by-key instead of replacing the whole object', () => {
     const merged = mergeMulterOptions(
       { limits: { files: 2, fieldNameSize: 100 } },
diff --git a/packages/platform-fastify/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.ts b/packages/platform-fastify/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.ts
index 8189631ec4..b855c21040 100644
--- a/packages/platform-fastify/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-fastify/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ export function mergeMultipartOptions(
   if (isPlainObject(options.limits) && isPlainObject(localOptions.limits)) {
     merged.limits = { ...options.limits, ...localOptions.limits };
   }
+  // `dest` and `storage` both say where files go, and `resolveStorage()`
+  // prefers `storage`, so a global storage engine would shadow a local `dest`.
+  if (localOptions.dest && !localOptions.storage) {
+    delete merged.storage;
+  }
   return merged;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-fastify/test/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.spec.ts b/packages/platform-fastify/test/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.spec.ts
index 7854566848..76d28002ae 100644
--- a/packages/platform-fastify/test/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-fastify/test/multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   mergeMultipartOptions,
   transformException,
 } from '../../../multipart/multipart/multipart.utils.js';
+import { memoryStorage } from '../../../multipart/storage/index.js';
 
 describe('mergeMultipartOptions', () => {
   it('should let local options override global options', () => {
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ describe('mergeMultipartOptions', () => {
     ).toEqual({ dest: '/local' });
   });
 
+  it('should let a local "dest" override a global "storage"', () => {
+    expect(
+      mergeMultipartOptions({ storage: memoryStorage() }, { dest: '/local' }),
+    ).toEqual({ dest: '/local' });
+  });
+
+  it('should keep a global "storage" when the route sets no "dest"', () => {
+    const storage = memoryStorage();
+    const merged = mergeMultipartOptions({ storage }, { preservePath: true });
+    expect(merged.storage).toBe(storage);
+  });
+
   it('should merge limits key-by-key', () => {
     const merged = mergeMultipartOptions(
       { limits: { files: 2, fileSize: 1 } },