diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
index 78400f66a..ce066f6bb 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use {
     crate::{
         accounts_db::{
-            AccountsAddRootTiming, AccountsDb, LoadHint, LoadedAccount, ScanStorageResult,
-            VerifyAccountsHashAndLamportsConfig,
+            AccountsAddRootTiming, AccountsDb, LoadHint, LoadedAccount, ScanAccountStorageData,
+            ScanStorageResult, VerifyAccountsHashAndLamportsConfig,
         },
         accounts_index::{IndexKey, ScanConfig, ScanError, ScanResult, ZeroLamport},
         ancestors::Ancestors,
@@ -210,12 +210,13 @@ impl Accounts {
                 // Cache only has one version per key, don't need to worry about versioning
                 func(loaded_account)
             },
-            |accum: &DashMap<Pubkey, B>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+            |accum: &DashMap<Pubkey, B>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                 let loaded_account_pubkey = *loaded_account.pubkey();
                 if let Some(val) = func(loaded_account) {
                     accum.insert(loaded_account_pubkey, val);
                 }
             },
+            ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
         );
 
         match scan_result {
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index 1ab6e9bc6..877d12256 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ enum ScanAccountStorageResult {
     CacheFileNeedsToBeCreated((String, Range<Slot>)),
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum ScanAccountStorageData {
+    /// callback for accounts in storage will not include `data`
+    NoData,
+    /// return data (&[u8]) for each account.
+    /// This can be expensive to get and is not necessary for many scan operations.
+    DataRefForStorage,
+}
+
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
 /// hold alive accounts
 /// alive means in the accounts index
@@ -4836,11 +4845,12 @@ impl AccountsDb {
     }
 
     /// Scan a specific slot through all the account storage
-    pub fn scan_account_storage<R, B>(
+    pub(crate) fn scan_account_storage<R, B>(
         &self,
         slot: Slot,
         cache_map_func: impl Fn(&LoadedAccount) -> Option<R> + Sync,
-        storage_scan_func: impl Fn(&B, &LoadedAccount) + Sync,
+        storage_scan_func: impl Fn(&B, &LoadedAccount, Option<&[u8]>) + Sync,
+        scan_account_storage_data: ScanAccountStorageData,
     ) -> ScanStorageResult<R, B>
     where
         R: Send,
@@ -4891,7 +4901,11 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                 .get_slot_storage_entry_shrinking_in_progress_ok(slot)
             {
                 storage.accounts.account_iter().for_each(|account| {
-                    storage_scan_func(&retval, &LoadedAccount::Stored(account))
+                    let loaded_account = LoadedAccount::Stored(account);
+                    let data = (scan_account_storage_data
+                        == ScanAccountStorageData::DataRefForStorage)
+                        .then_some(loaded_account.data());
+                    storage_scan_func(&retval, &loaded_account, data)
                 });
             }
 
@@ -7571,7 +7585,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                     // Cache only has one version per key, don't need to worry about versioning
                     Some((*loaded_account.pubkey(), loaded_account.loaded_hash()))
                 },
-                |accum: &DashMap<Pubkey, AccountHash>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+                |accum: &DashMap<Pubkey, AccountHash>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                     let mut loaded_hash = loaded_account.loaded_hash();
                     if loaded_hash == AccountHash(Hash::default()) {
                         loaded_hash = Self::hash_account_data(
@@ -7585,6 +7599,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                     }
                     accum.insert(*loaded_account.pubkey(), loaded_hash);
                 },
+                ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
             );
         scan.stop();
 
@@ -7612,7 +7627,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                 })
             },
             |accum: &DashMap<Pubkey, (AccountHash, AccountSharedData)>,
-             loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+             loaded_account: &LoadedAccount,
+             _data| {
                 // Storage may have duplicates so only keep the latest version for each key
                 let mut loaded_hash = loaded_account.loaded_hash();
                 let key = *loaded_account.pubkey();
@@ -7622,6 +7638,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                 }
                 accum.insert(key, (loaded_hash, account));
             },
+            ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
         );
 
         match scan_result {
@@ -14184,9 +14201,10 @@ pub mod tests {
             if let ScanStorageResult::Stored(slot_accounts) = accounts_db.scan_account_storage(
                 *slot as Slot,
                 |_| Some(0),
-                |slot_accounts: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+                |slot_accounts: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                     slot_accounts.insert(*loaded_account.pubkey());
                 },
+                ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
             ) {
                 if *slot == alive_slot {
                     assert_eq!(slot_accounts.len(), keys.len());
@@ -14224,9 +14242,10 @@ pub mod tests {
             if let ScanStorageResult::Stored(slot_account) = accounts_db.scan_account_storage(
                 *slot as Slot,
                 |_| Some(0),
-                |slot_account: &Arc<RwLock<Pubkey>>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+                |slot_account: &Arc<RwLock<Pubkey>>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                     *slot_account.write().unwrap() = *loaded_account.pubkey();
                 },
+                ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
             ) {
                 assert_eq!(*slot_account.read().unwrap(), keys[*slot as usize]);
             } else {
@@ -14299,7 +14318,7 @@ pub mod tests {
                     assert!(*slot > requested_flush_root);
                     Some(*loaded_account.pubkey())
                 },
-                |slot_accounts: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+                |slot_accounts: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                     slot_accounts.insert(*loaded_account.pubkey());
                     if !is_cache_at_limit {
                         // Only true when the limit hasn't been reached and there are still
@@ -14307,6 +14326,7 @@ pub mod tests {
                         assert!(*slot <= requested_flush_root);
                     }
                 },
+                ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
             );
 
             let slot_accounts = match slot_accounts {
@@ -14417,9 +14437,10 @@ pub mod tests {
                 .scan_account_storage(
                     *slot as Slot,
                     |_| Some(0),
-                    |slot_account: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount| {
+                    |slot_account: &DashSet<Pubkey>, loaded_account: &LoadedAccount, _data| {
                         slot_account.insert(*loaded_account.pubkey());
                     },
+                    ScanAccountStorageData::NoData,
                 ) {
                 slot_accounts.into_iter().collect::<HashSet<Pubkey>>()
             } else {