diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9342825817..ce4775b989 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Merged from 3.0:
  * Run evictFromMembership in GossipStage (CASSANDRA-15592)
 Merged from 2.2:
  * Disable JMX rebinding (CASSANDRA-15653)
+Merged from 2.1:
+ * Fix parse error in cqlsh COPY FROM and formatting for map of blobs (CASSANDRA-15679)
  * Fix Commit log replays when static column clustering keys are collections (CASSANDRA-14365)
  * Fix Red Hat init script on newer systemd versions (CASSANDRA-15273)
  * Allow EXTRA_CLASSPATH to work on tar/source installations (CASSANDRA-15567)
diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
index 7f97b49ecf..b91bb766ac 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ from cassandra.util import Date, Time
 
 from cql3handling import CqlRuleSet
 from displaying import NO_COLOR_MAP
-from formatting import format_value_default, CqlType, DateTimeFormat, EMPTY, get_formatter
+from formatting import format_value_default, CqlType, DateTimeFormat, EMPTY, get_formatter, BlobType
 from sslhandling import ssl_settings
 
 PROFILE_ON = False
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ class ImportConversion(object):
             return converters.get(t.typename, convert_unknown)(v, ct=t)
 
         def convert_blob(v, **_):
-            return bytearray.fromhex(v[2:])
+            return BlobType(v[2:].decode("hex"))
 
         def convert_text(v, **_):
             return v
diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py
index 803ea63f89..9927aa187e 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py
@@ -236,13 +236,20 @@ def formatter_for(typname):
         return f
     return registrator
 
+class BlobType(object):
+    def __init__(self, val):
+        self.val = val
 
-@formatter_for('bytearray')
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.val)
+
+@formatter_for('BlobType')
 def format_value_blob(val, colormap, **_):
     bval = '0x' + binascii.hexlify(val)
     return colorme(bval, colormap, 'blob')
 
 
+formatter_for('bytearray')(format_value_blob)
 formatter_for('buffer')(format_value_blob)
 formatter_for('blob')(format_value_blob)