diff --git a/core/state/dump.go b/core/state/dump.go
index b29f3b072e..ef8da8d4d9 100644
--- a/core/state/dump.go
+++ b/core/state/dump.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ type DumpAccount struct {
 type Dump struct {
 	Root     string                 `json:"root"`
 	Accounts map[string]DumpAccount `json:"accounts"`
+	// Next can be set to represent that this dump is only partial, and Next
+	// is where an iterator should be positioned in order to continue the dump.
+	Next []byte `json:"next,omitempty"` // nil if no more accounts
 }
 
 // OnRoot implements DumpCollector interface
@@ -82,25 +85,6 @@ func (d *Dump) OnAccount(addr *common.Address, account DumpAccount) {
 	}
 }
 
-// IteratorDump is an implementation for iterating over data.
-type IteratorDump struct {
-	Root     string                         `json:"root"`
-	Accounts map[common.Address]DumpAccount `json:"accounts"`
-	Next     []byte                         `json:"next,omitempty"` // nil if no more accounts
-}
-
-// OnRoot implements DumpCollector interface
-func (d *IteratorDump) OnRoot(root common.Hash) {
-	d.Root = fmt.Sprintf("%x", root)
-}
-
-// OnAccount implements DumpCollector interface
-func (d *IteratorDump) OnAccount(addr *common.Address, account DumpAccount) {
-	if addr != nil {
-		d.Accounts[*addr] = account
-	}
-}
-
 // iterativeDump is a DumpCollector-implementation which dumps output line-by-line iteratively.
 type iterativeDump struct {
 	*json.Encoder
@@ -227,12 +211,13 @@ func (s *StateDB) DumpToCollector(c DumpCollector, conf *DumpConfig) (nextKey []
 	return nextKey
 }
 
-// RawDump returns the entire state an a single large object
+// RawDump returns the state. If the processing is aborted e.g. due to options
+// reaching Max, the `Next` key is set on the returned Dump.
 func (s *StateDB) RawDump(opts *DumpConfig) Dump {
 	dump := &Dump{
 		Accounts: make(map[string]DumpAccount),
 	}
-	s.DumpToCollector(dump, opts)
+	dump.Next = s.DumpToCollector(dump, opts)
 	return *dump
 }
 
@@ -241,7 +226,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) Dump(opts *DumpConfig) []byte {
 	dump := s.RawDump(opts)
 	json, err := json.MarshalIndent(dump, "", "    ")
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Dump err", err)
+		log.Error("Error dumping state", "err", err)
 	}
 	return json
 }
@@ -250,12 +235,3 @@ func (s *StateDB) Dump(opts *DumpConfig) []byte {
 func (s *StateDB) IterativeDump(opts *DumpConfig, output *json.Encoder) {
 	s.DumpToCollector(iterativeDump{output}, opts)
 }
-
-// IteratorDump dumps out a batch of accounts starts with the given start key
-func (s *StateDB) IteratorDump(opts *DumpConfig) IteratorDump {
-	iterator := &IteratorDump{
-		Accounts: make(map[common.Address]DumpAccount),
-	}
-	iterator.Next = s.DumpToCollector(iterator, opts)
-	return *iterator
-}
diff --git a/eth/api_debug.go b/eth/api_debug.go
index dc9f568146..05010a3969 100644
--- a/eth/api_debug.go
+++ b/eth/api_debug.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) GetBadBlocks(ctx context.Context) ([]*BadBlockArgs, error)
 const AccountRangeMaxResults = 256
 
 // AccountRange enumerates all accounts in the given block and start point in paging request
-func (api *DebugAPI) AccountRange(blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, start hexutil.Bytes, maxResults int, nocode, nostorage, incompletes bool) (state.IteratorDump, error) {
+func (api *DebugAPI) AccountRange(blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, start hexutil.Bytes, maxResults int, nocode, nostorage, incompletes bool) (state.Dump, error) {
 	var stateDb *state.StateDB
 	var err error
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) AccountRange(blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, start hex
 			// the miner and operate on those
 			_, stateDb = api.eth.miner.Pending()
 			if stateDb == nil {
-				return state.IteratorDump{}, errors.New("pending state is not available")
+				return state.Dump{}, errors.New("pending state is not available")
 			}
 		} else {
 			var header *types.Header
@@ -158,29 +158,29 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) AccountRange(blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, start hex
 			default:
 				block := api.eth.blockchain.GetBlockByNumber(uint64(number))
 				if block == nil {
-					return state.IteratorDump{}, fmt.Errorf("block #%d not found", number)
+					return state.Dump{}, fmt.Errorf("block #%d not found", number)
 				}
 				header = block.Header()
 			}
 			if header == nil {
-				return state.IteratorDump{}, fmt.Errorf("block #%d not found", number)
+				return state.Dump{}, fmt.Errorf("block #%d not found", number)
 			}
 			stateDb, err = api.eth.BlockChain().StateAt(header.Root)
 			if err != nil {
-				return state.IteratorDump{}, err
+				return state.Dump{}, err
 			}
 		}
 	} else if hash, ok := blockNrOrHash.Hash(); ok {
 		block := api.eth.blockchain.GetBlockByHash(hash)
 		if block == nil {
-			return state.IteratorDump{}, fmt.Errorf("block %s not found", hash.Hex())
+			return state.Dump{}, fmt.Errorf("block %s not found", hash.Hex())
 		}
 		stateDb, err = api.eth.BlockChain().StateAt(block.Root())
 		if err != nil {
-			return state.IteratorDump{}, err
+			return state.Dump{}, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		return state.IteratorDump{}, errors.New("either block number or block hash must be specified")
+		return state.Dump{}, errors.New("either block number or block hash must be specified")
 	}
 
 	opts := &state.DumpConfig{
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) AccountRange(blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrHash, start hex
 	if maxResults > AccountRangeMaxResults || maxResults <= 0 {
 		opts.Max = AccountRangeMaxResults
 	}
-	return stateDb.IteratorDump(opts), nil
+	return stateDb.RawDump(opts), nil
 }
 
 // StorageRangeResult is the result of a debug_storageRangeAt API call.