diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 388fbdfa9f..a8263e773a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ spdk_bs_md_iter_next => spdk_bs_iter_next
 The function signature of spdk_blob_close has changed.  It now takes a struct spdk_blob * argument
 rather than struct spdk_blob **.
 
+The function signature of spdk_bs_iter_next has changed.  It now takes a struct spdk_blob * argument
+rather than struct spdk_blob **.
+
 ## v17.10: Logical Volumes
 
 ### New dependencies
diff --git a/examples/blob/cli/blobcli.c b/examples/blob/cli/blobcli.c
index 631793cdba..4468541891 100644
--- a/examples/blob/cli/blobcli.c
+++ b/examples/blob/cli/blobcli.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ blob_iter_cb(void *arg1, struct spdk_blob *blob, int bserrno)
 		show_blob(cli_context);
 	}
 
-	spdk_bs_iter_next(cli_context->bs, &blob, blob_iter_cb, cli_context);
+	spdk_bs_iter_next(cli_context->bs, blob, blob_iter_cb, cli_context);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index d118075627..2d1e937666 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void spdk_bs_io_write_zeroes_blob(struct spdk_blob *blob, struct spdk_io_channel
 /* Iterate through all blobs */
 void spdk_bs_iter_first(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
 			spdk_blob_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
-void spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob **blob,
+void spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob *blob,
 		       spdk_blob_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
 int spdk_blob_set_xattr(struct spdk_blob *blob, const char *name, const void *value,
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 4ae3182297..9415891fe5 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -2998,14 +2998,14 @@ _spdk_bs_iter_close_cpl(void *cb_arg, int bserrno)
 }
 
 void
-spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob **b,
+spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob *b,
 		  spdk_blob_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct spdk_bs_iter_ctx *ctx;
 	struct spdk_blob_data	*blob;
 
 	assert(b != NULL);
-	blob = __blob_to_data(*b);
+	blob = __blob_to_data(b);
 	assert(blob != NULL);
 
 	ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(*ctx));
@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob **b,
 	ctx->cb_arg = cb_arg;
 
 	/* Close the existing blob */
-	spdk_blob_close(*b, _spdk_bs_iter_close_cpl, ctx);
+	spdk_blob_close(b, _spdk_bs_iter_close_cpl, ctx);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/lib/blobfs/blobfs.c b/lib/blobfs/blobfs.c
index d02c1d0702..a4eed47f17 100644
--- a/lib/blobfs/blobfs.c
+++ b/lib/blobfs/blobfs.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ iter_cb(void *ctx, struct spdk_blob *blob, int rc)
 		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&args->op.fs_load.deleted_files, deleted_file, tailq);
 	}
 
-	spdk_bs_iter_next(fs->bs, &blob, iter_cb, req);
+	spdk_bs_iter_next(fs->bs, blob, iter_cb, req);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/lib/lvol/lvol.c b/lib/lvol/lvol.c
index 090a25e20c..17a58ef1cc 100644
--- a/lib/lvol/lvol.c
+++ b/lib/lvol/lvol.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ _spdk_load_next_lvol(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_blob *blob, int lvolerrno)
 
 	if (blob_id == lvs->super_blob_id) {
 		SPDK_INFOLOG(SPDK_LOG_LVOL, "found superblob %"PRIu64"\n", (uint64_t)blob_id);
-		spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, &blob, _spdk_load_next_lvol, req);
+		spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, blob, _spdk_load_next_lvol, req);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ _spdk_load_next_lvol(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_blob *blob, int lvolerrno)
 
 	SPDK_INFOLOG(SPDK_LOG_LVOL, "added lvol %s\n", lvol->old_name);
 
-	spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, &blob, _spdk_load_next_lvol, req);
+	spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, blob, _spdk_load_next_lvol, req);
 
 	return;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
index 8cd6c044f5..4f62a7b3e2 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ blob_iter(void)
 	blob = g_blob;
 	CU_ASSERT(spdk_blob_get_id(blob) == blobid);
 
-	spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, &blob, blob_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
+	spdk_bs_iter_next(bs, blob, blob_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
 	CU_ASSERT(g_blob == NULL);
 	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == -ENOENT);
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/lvol/lvol.c/lvol_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/lvol/lvol.c/lvol_ut.c
index c12906711f..a792901fb8 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/lvol/lvol.c/lvol_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/lvol/lvol.c/lvol_ut.c
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ struct lvol_ut_bs_dev {
 };
 
 void
-spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob **b,
+spdk_bs_iter_next(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, struct spdk_blob *b,
 		  spdk_blob_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct spdk_blob *next;
 	int _errno = 0;
 
-	next = TAILQ_NEXT(*b, link);
+	next = TAILQ_NEXT(b, link);
 	if (next == NULL) {
 		_errno = -ENOENT;
 	} else if (next->load_status != 0) {