diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 457fb78057..7cd76f72d2 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1386,17 +1386,50 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
  * non-zero value, stop the iteration and return that value;
  * otherwise, return 0.
  */
-static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
-			   each_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags, void *cb_data)
+static int do_for_each_repo_ref(struct repository *r, const char *prefix,
+				each_repo_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags,
+				void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
+	struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(r);
 
 	if (!refs)
 		return 0;
 
 	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, trim, flags);
 
-	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, fn, cb_data);
+	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(r, iter, fn, cb_data);
+}
+
+struct do_for_each_ref_help {
+	each_ref_fn *fn;
+	void *cb_data;
+};
+
+static int do_for_each_ref_helper(struct repository *r,
+				  const char *refname,
+				  const struct object_id *oid,
+				  int flags,
+				  void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct do_for_each_ref_help *hp = cb_data;
+
+	return hp->fn(refname, oid, flags, hp->cb_data);
+}
+
+static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
+			   each_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags, void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct ref_iterator *iter;
+	struct do_for_each_ref_help hp = { fn, cb_data };
+
+	if (!refs)
+		return 0;
+
+	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, trim, flags);
+
+	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
+					do_for_each_ref_helper, &hp);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
@@ -2025,10 +2058,12 @@ cleanup:
 int refs_for_each_reflog(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
+	struct do_for_each_ref_help hp = { fn, cb_data };
 
 	iter = refs->be->reflog_iterator_begin(refs);
 
-	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, fn, cb_data);
+	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
+					     do_for_each_ref_helper, &hp);
 }
 
 int for_each_reflog(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index cc2fb4c68c..80eec8bbc6 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ struct ref_transaction;
 typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname,
 			const struct object_id *oid, int flags, void *cb_data);
 
+/*
+ * The same as each_ref_fn, but also with a repository argument that
+ * contains the repository associated with the callback.
+ */
+typedef int each_repo_ref_fn(struct repository *r,
+			     const char *refname,
+			     const struct object_id *oid,
+			     int flags,
+			     void *cb_data);
+
 /*
  * The following functions invoke the specified callback function for
  * each reference indicated.  If the function ever returns a nonzero
diff --git a/refs/iterator.c b/refs/iterator.c
index 2ac91ac340..629e00a122 100644
--- a/refs/iterator.c
+++ b/refs/iterator.c
@@ -407,15 +407,15 @@ struct ref_iterator *prefix_ref_iterator_begin(struct ref_iterator *iter0,
 
 struct ref_iterator *current_ref_iter = NULL;
 
-int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(struct repository *r, struct ref_iterator *iter,
+				  each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	int retval = 0, ok;
 	struct ref_iterator *old_ref_iter = current_ref_iter;
 
 	current_ref_iter = iter;
 	while ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter)) == ITER_OK) {
-		retval = fn(iter->refname, iter->oid, iter->flags, cb_data);
+		retval = fn(r, iter->refname, iter->oid, iter->flags, cb_data);
 		if (retval) {
 			/*
 			 * If ref_iterator_abort() returns ITER_ERROR,
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 04425d6d1e..89d7dd49cd 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ extern struct ref_iterator *current_ref_iter;
  * adapter between the callback style of reference iteration and the
  * iterator style.
  */
-int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
-			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(struct repository *r,
+				  struct ref_iterator *iter,
+				  each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
  * Only include per-worktree refs in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration.