diff --git a/nimble/host/include/host/ble_gatt.h b/nimble/host/include/host/ble_gatt.h
index 5a268c0c9c..229d99dda3 100644
--- a/nimble/host/include/host/ble_gatt.h
+++ b/nimble/host/include/host/ble_gatt.h
@@ -960,6 +960,12 @@ struct ble_gatt_access_ctxt {
          */
         const struct ble_gatt_dsc_def *dsc;
     };
+
+    /**
+     * An offset in case of BLE_ATT_OP_READ_BLOB_REQ.
+     * If the value is greater than zero it's an indication of a long attribute read.
+     */
+    uint16_t offset;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/nimble/host/src/ble_gatts.c b/nimble/host/src/ble_gatts.c
index bf50305f4f..ae04f9931c 100644
--- a/nimble/host/src/ble_gatts.c
+++ b/nimble/host/src/ble_gatts.c
@@ -407,21 +407,19 @@ ble_gatts_chr_val_access(uint16_t conn_handle, uint16_t attr_handle,
                          uint8_t att_op, uint16_t offset,
                          struct os_mbuf **om, void *arg)
 {
-    const struct ble_gatt_chr_def *chr_def;
     struct ble_gatt_access_ctxt gatt_ctxt;
-    int rc;
 
-    chr_def = arg;
+    const struct ble_gatt_chr_def *chr_def = arg;
     BLE_HS_DBG_ASSERT(chr_def != NULL && chr_def->access_cb != NULL);
 
     gatt_ctxt.op = ble_gatts_chr_op(att_op);
     gatt_ctxt.chr = chr_def;
+    gatt_ctxt.offset = offset;
 
     ble_gatts_chr_inc_val_stat(gatt_ctxt.op);
-    rc = ble_gatts_val_access(conn_handle, attr_handle, offset, &gatt_ctxt, om,
-                              chr_def->access_cb, chr_def->arg);
 
-    return rc;
+    return ble_gatts_val_access(conn_handle, attr_handle, offset, &gatt_ctxt, om,
+                              chr_def->access_cb, chr_def->arg);
 }
 
 static int