diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.cpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.cpp
index 1786f7316e..e86d16881d 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.cpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,9 @@ inline bool isIterableItem(Item& item)
 
 inline bool isMultipageBlob(Item& item)
 {
-    return (item.datatype == ItemType::BLOB_DATA && item.chunkIndex != 0);
+    return (item.datatype == ItemType::BLOB_DATA &&
+            !(item.chunkIndex == static_cast<uint8_t>(VerOffset::VER_0_OFFSET)
+                    || item.chunkIndex == static_cast<uint8_t>(VerOffset::VER_1_OFFSET)));
 }
 
 bool Storage::nextEntry(nvs_opaque_iterator_t* it)
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_types.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_types.hpp
index c4b7f51e95..f236f00852 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_types.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_types.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ enum class ItemType : uint8_t {
     ANY  = NVS_TYPE_ANY
 };
 
+/**
+ * Used to recognize transient states of a blob. Once a blob is modified, new chunks with the new data are written
+ * with a new version. The version is saved in the highest bit of Item::chunkIndex as well as in
+ * Item::blobIndex::chunkStart.
+ * If a chunk is modified and hence re-written, the version swaps: 0x0 -> 0x80 or 0x80 -> 0x0.
+ */
 enum class VerOffset: uint8_t {
     VER_0_OFFSET = 0x0,
     VER_1_OFFSET = 0x80,
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/Makefile b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/Makefile
index d509fd6ee3..045a69d735 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/Makefile
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SOURCE_FILES = \
 	test_spi_flash_emulation.cpp \
 	test_intrusive_list.cpp \
 	test_nvs.cpp \
+	test_nvs_storage.cpp \
 	crc.cpp \
 	main.cpp
 
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs_storage.cpp b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs_storage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..383a95d4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs_storage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2016 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+#include "catch.hpp"
+#include "nvs_test_api.h"
+#include "nvs.h"
+#include "spi_flash_emulation.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+TEST_CASE("Storage iterator recognizes blob with VerOffset::VER_1_OFFSET", "[nvs_storage]")
+{
+    const uint32_t NVS_FLASH_SECTOR = 6;
+    const uint32_t NVS_FLASH_SECTOR_COUNT_MIN = 3;
+    SpiFlashEmulator emu(10);
+
+    CHECK(nvs_flash_init_custom(NVS_DEFAULT_PART_NAME, NVS_FLASH_SECTOR, NVS_FLASH_SECTOR_COUNT_MIN) == ESP_OK);
+    nvs_handle_t handle_1;
+    uint8_t blob [] = {0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3};
+    uint8_t blob_new [] = {0x3, 0x2, 0x1, 0x0};
+
+    // first, creating namespace...
+    CHECK(nvs_open("test_ns", NVS_READWRITE, &handle_1) == ESP_OK);
+    CHECK(nvs_set_blob(handle_1, "key", blob, sizeof(blob)) == ESP_OK);
+
+    // changing provokes a blob with version offset 1 (VerOffset::VER_1_OFFSET)
+    CHECK(nvs_set_blob(handle_1, "key", blob_new, sizeof(blob_new)) == ESP_OK);
+
+    nvs_iterator_t it = nvs_entry_find(NVS_DEFAULT_PART_NAME, NULL, NVS_TYPE_ANY);
+    REQUIRE(it);
+    nvs_entry_info_t info;
+    nvs_entry_info(it, &info);
+
+    CHECK(string(info.namespace_name) == "test_ns");
+    CHECK(string(info.key) == "key");
+    CHECK(info.type == NVS_TYPE_BLOB);
+
+    nvs_close(handle_1);
+
+    // without deinit it affects "nvs api tests"
+    CHECK(nvs_flash_deinit_partition(NVS_DEFAULT_PART_NAME) == ESP_OK);
+}
+