diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 885d33e721..56dd3156f1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2.2.18
  * Disable JMX rebinding (CASSANDRA-15653)
+Merged from 2.1:
+  * Fix parse error in cqlsh COPY FROM and formatting for map of blobs (CASSANDRA-15679)
 
 2.2.17
  * Fix Commit log replays when static column clustering keys are collections (CASSANDRA-14365)
diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
index c9c5829dca..b28d96d190 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/copyutil.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from cassandra.util import Date, Time
 
 from cql3handling import CqlRuleSet
 from displaying import NO_COLOR_MAP
-from formatting import format_value_default, DateTimeFormat, EMPTY, get_formatter
+from formatting import format_value_default, DateTimeFormat, EMPTY, get_formatter, BlobType
 from sslhandling import ssl_settings
 
 PROFILE_ON = False
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ 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 f88fc5dde1..f95bfff559 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/formatting.py
@@ -147,13 +147,20 @@ 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)