diff --git a/lib/api/internal.rb b/lib/api/internal.rb
index 9488b3469d9..ede84dba42d 100644
--- a/lib/api/internal.rb
+++ b/lib/api/internal.rb
@@ -117,13 +117,7 @@ module API
           raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound.new("No key_id or user_id passed!")
         end
 
-        token_handler = Gitlab::LfsToken.new(actor)
-
-        {
-          username: token_handler.actor_name,
-          lfs_token: token_handler.token,
-          repository_http_path: project.http_url_to_repo
-        }
+        Gitlab::LfsToken.new(actor).for_gitlab_shell(project.http_url_to_repo)
       end
       # rubocop: enable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/lfs_token.rb b/lib/gitlab/lfs_token.rb
index 26b81847d37..1193277bee5 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/lfs_token.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/lfs_token.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ module Gitlab
       user? ? :lfs_token : :lfs_deploy_token
     end
 
+    def for_gitlab_shell(repository_http_path)
+      {
+        username: actor_name,
+        lfs_token: token,
+        repository_http_path: repository_http_path
+      }
+    end
+
     private # rubocop:disable Lint/UselessAccessModifier
 
     class HMACToken
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/lfs_token_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/lfs_token_spec.rb
index b81f3be874f..b4d42a47263 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/lfs_token_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/lfs_token_spec.rb
@@ -226,4 +226,18 @@ describe Gitlab::LfsToken, :clean_gitlab_redis_shared_state do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#for_gitlab_shell' do
+    let(:actor) { create(:user) }
+    let(:lfs_token) { described_class.new(actor) }
+    let(:repo_http_path) { 'http://localhost/user/repo.git' }
+
+    it 'returns a Hash desgined for gitlab-shell' do
+      hash = lfs_token.for_gitlab_shell(repo_http_path)
+
+      expect(hash[:username]).to eq(actor.username)
+      expect(hash[:repository_http_path]).to eq(repo_http_path)
+      expect(hash[:lfs_token]).to be_a String
+    end
+  end
 end