diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index ef79e43715..6fc64e9e4b 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ struct input_zstream_data {
 	int status;
 };
 
-static const void *feed_input_zstream(struct input_stream *in_stream,
+static const void *feed_input_zstream(struct odb_write_stream *in_stream,
 				      unsigned long *readlen)
 {
 	struct input_zstream_data *data = in_stream->data;
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static void stream_blob(unsigned long size, unsigned nr)
 {
 	git_zstream zstream = { 0 };
 	struct input_zstream_data data = { 0 };
-	struct input_stream in_stream = {
+	struct odb_write_stream in_stream = {
 		.read = feed_input_zstream,
 		.data = &data,
 	};
@@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ static void stream_blob(unsigned long size, unsigned nr)
 	data.zstream = &zstream;
 	git_inflate_init(&zstream);
 
-	if (stream_loose_object(the_repository->objects->sources,
-				&in_stream, size, &info->oid))
+	if (odb_write_object_stream(the_repository->objects, &in_stream, size, &info->oid))
 		die(_("failed to write object in stream"));
 
 	if (data.status != Z_STREAM_END)
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index fdc644a427..811c569ed3 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -974,9 +974,9 @@ int odb_source_loose_freshen_object(struct odb_source *source,
 	return !!check_and_freshen_source(source, oid, 1);
 }
 
-int stream_loose_object(struct odb_source *source,
-			struct input_stream *in_stream, size_t len,
-			struct object_id *oid)
+int odb_source_loose_write_stream(struct odb_source *source,
+				  struct odb_write_stream *in_stream, size_t len,
+				  struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	const struct git_hash_algo *compat = source->odb->repo->compat_hash_algo;
 	struct object_id compat_oid;
diff --git a/object-file.h b/object-file.h
index 36a60e15c4..eeffa67bbd 100644
--- a/object-file.h
+++ b/object-file.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ int odb_source_loose_write_object(struct odb_source *source,
 				  enum object_type type, struct object_id *oid,
 				  struct object_id *compat_oid_in, unsigned flags);
 
+int odb_source_loose_write_stream(struct odb_source *source,
+				  struct odb_write_stream *stream, size_t len,
+				  struct object_id *oid);
+
 /*
  * Populate and return the loose object cache array corresponding to the
  * given object ID.
@@ -173,16 +177,6 @@ enum unpack_loose_header_result unpack_loose_header(git_zstream *stream,
 struct object_info;
 int parse_loose_header(const char *hdr, struct object_info *oi);
 
-struct input_stream {
-	const void *(*read)(struct input_stream *, unsigned long *len);
-	void *data;
-	int is_finished;
-};
-
-int stream_loose_object(struct odb_source *source,
-			struct input_stream *in_stream, size_t len,
-			struct object_id *oid);
-
 int force_object_loose(struct odb_source *source,
 		       const struct object_id *oid, time_t mtime);
 
diff --git a/odb.c b/odb.c
index da44f1d63b..3ec21ef24e 100644
--- a/odb.c
+++ b/odb.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,13 @@ int odb_write_object_ext(struct object_database *odb,
 					     oid, compat_oid, flags);
 }
 
+int odb_write_object_stream(struct object_database *odb,
+			    struct odb_write_stream *stream, size_t len,
+			    struct object_id *oid)
+{
+	return odb_source_loose_write_stream(odb->sources, stream, len, oid);
+}
+
 struct object_database *odb_new(struct repository *repo)
 {
 	struct object_database *o = xmalloc(sizeof(*o));
diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
index 2653247e0c..9bb28008b1 100644
--- a/odb.h
+++ b/odb.h
@@ -492,4 +492,14 @@ static inline int odb_write_object(struct object_database *odb,
 	return odb_write_object_ext(odb, buf, len, type, oid, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+struct odb_write_stream {
+	const void *(*read)(struct odb_write_stream *, unsigned long *len);
+	void *data;
+	int is_finished;
+};
+
+int odb_write_object_stream(struct object_database *odb,
+			    struct odb_write_stream *stream, size_t len,
+			    struct object_id *oid);
+
 #endif /* ODB_H */