diff --git a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/createAndStoreObject.js b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/createAndStoreObject.js
index 2c69a55ccf..24d915acd0 100644
--- a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/createAndStoreObject.js
+++ b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/createAndStoreObject.js
@@ -179,7 +179,14 @@ function createAndStoreObject(
         size,
         headers,
         isDeleteMarker,
-        replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo(config, objectKey, bucketMD, false, size, null, null, authInfo),
+        replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo({
+            s3config: config,
+            objKey: objectKey,
+            bucketMD,
+            isMD: false,
+            objSize: size,
+            authInfo,
+        }),
         overheadField,
         log,
     };
diff --git a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/getReplicationInfo.js b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/getReplicationInfo.js
index b88bf2ac36..92f1153223 100644
--- a/lib/api/apiUtils/object/getReplicationInfo.js
+++ b/lib/api/apiUtils/object/getReplicationInfo.js
@@ -56,30 +56,33 @@ function _canUserReplicate(authInfo) {
  * decides the `content` array based on the operation kind, and
  * stitches the result into a `replicationInfo` envelope.
  *
- * @param {object} s3config - Cloudserver configuration object
- * @param {object} s3config.locationConstraints - Configured map of location constraints
- * @param {object[]} s3config.replicationEndpoints - Configured replication endpoints
- * @param {string} objKey - The key of the object
- * @param {object} bucketMD - The bucket metadata
- * @param {boolean} isMD - Whether the operation is only updating metadata
- * @param {boolean} objSize - The size, in bytes, of the object being PUT
- * @param {string} operationType - The type of operation to replicate
- * @param {object} objectMD - The object metadata
- * @param {AuthInfo} [authInfo] - authentication info of object owner
- * @param {string[]} [blockedSiteTypes=[]] - location types to exclude from the returned backends
+ * @param {object} params - Named parameters
+ * @param {object} params.s3config - Cloudserver configuration object
+ * @param {object} params.s3config.locationConstraints - Configured map of location constraints
+ * @param {object[]} params.s3config.replicationEndpoints - Configured replication endpoints
+ * @param {string} params.objKey - The key of the object
+ * @param {object} params.bucketMD - The bucket metadata
+ * @param {boolean} params.isMD - Whether the operation is only updating metadata
+ * @param {number} [params.objSize] - The size, in bytes, of the object being PUT (irrelevant when isMD is true)
+ * @param {string} [params.operationType] - The type of operation to replicate
+ * @param {object} [params.objectMD] - The object metadata
+ * @param {AuthInfo} [params.authInfo] - authentication info of object owner
+ * @param {string[]} [params.blockedSiteTypes=[]] - location types to exclude from the returned backends
  * @return {object|undefined}
  */
-function getReplicationInfo(
-    s3config,
-    objKey,
-    bucketMD,
-    isMD,
-    objSize,
-    operationType,
-    objectMD,
-    authInfo,
-    blockedSiteTypes = [],
-) {
+function getReplicationInfo(params) {
+    const {
+        s3config,
+        objKey,
+        bucketMD,
+        isMD,
+        objSize,
+        operationType,
+        objectMD,
+        authInfo,
+        blockedSiteTypes = [],
+    } = params;
+
     const config = bucketMD.getReplicationConfiguration();
     if (!config || !_canUserReplicate(authInfo)) {
         return undefined;
diff --git a/lib/api/completeMultipartUpload.js b/lib/api/completeMultipartUpload.js
index 044104d741..1f693d1f5a 100644
--- a/lib/api/completeMultipartUpload.js
+++ b/lib/api/completeMultipartUpload.js
@@ -803,14 +803,14 @@ function completeMultipartUpload(authInfo, request, log, callback) {
                     size: calculatedSize,
                     multipart: true,
                     isDeleteMarker: false,
-                    replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo(
-                        config,
-                        objectKey,
-                        destBucket,
-                        false,
-                        calculatedSize,
-                        REPLICATION_ACTION,
-                    ),
+                    replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo({
+                        s3config: config,
+                        objKey: objectKey,
+                        bucketMD: destBucket,
+                        isMD: false,
+                        objSize: calculatedSize,
+                        operationType: REPLICATION_ACTION,
+                    }),
                     originOp: 's3:ObjectCreated:CompleteMultipartUpload',
                     overheadField: constants.overheadField,
                     log,
diff --git a/lib/api/objectCopy.js b/lib/api/objectCopy.js
index fa0b237ebf..19d043181e 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectCopy.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectCopy.js
@@ -394,7 +394,13 @@ function _prepMetadata(
         lastModifiedDate: new Date().toJSON(),
         tagging,
         taggingCopy,
-        replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo(config, objectKey, destBucketMD, false, sourceObjMD['content-length']),
+        replicationInfo: getReplicationInfo({
+            s3config: config,
+            objKey: objectKey,
+            bucketMD: destBucketMD,
+            isMD: false,
+            objSize: sourceObjMD['content-length'],
+        }),
         locationMatch,
         originOp: 's3:ObjectCreated:Copy',
     };
diff --git a/lib/api/objectDeleteTagging.js b/lib/api/objectDeleteTagging.js
index 9c8420c737..0a8fb834c7 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectDeleteTagging.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectDeleteTagging.js
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ function objectDeleteTagging(authInfo, request, log, callback) {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                 objectMD.tags = {};
                 const params = getVersionSpecificMetadataOptions(objectMD, config.nullVersionCompatMode);
-                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                    config,
-                    objectKey,
-                    bucket,
-                    true,
-                    0,
-                    REPLICATION_ACTION,
+                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                    s3config: config,
+                    objKey: objectKey,
+                    bucketMD: bucket,
+                    isMD: true,
+                    objSize: 0,
+                    operationType: REPLICATION_ACTION,
                     objectMD,
-                );
+                });
                 if (replicationInfo) {
                     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                     objectMD.replicationInfo = Object.assign({}, objectMD.replicationInfo, replicationInfo);
diff --git a/lib/api/objectPutLegalHold.js b/lib/api/objectPutLegalHold.js
index 5fe844a1e8..09db2d6ee2 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectPutLegalHold.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectPutLegalHold.js
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ function objectPutLegalHold(authInfo, request, log, callback) {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                 objectMD.legalHold = legalHold;
                 const params = getVersionSpecificMetadataOptions(objectMD, config.nullVersionCompatMode);
-                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                    config,
-                    objectKey,
-                    bucket,
-                    true,
-                    0,
-                    REPLICATION_ACTION,
+                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                    s3config: config,
+                    objKey: objectKey,
+                    bucketMD: bucket,
+                    isMD: true,
+                    objSize: 0,
+                    operationType: REPLICATION_ACTION,
                     objectMD,
-                );
+                });
                 if (replicationInfo) {
                     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                     objectMD.replicationInfo = Object.assign({}, objectMD.replicationInfo, replicationInfo);
diff --git a/lib/api/objectPutRetention.js b/lib/api/objectPutRetention.js
index e281b71f91..f867587962 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectPutRetention.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectPutRetention.js
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ function objectPutRetention(authInfo, request, log, callback) {
                 objectMD.retentionMode = retentionInfo.mode;
                 objectMD.retentionDate = retentionInfo.date;
                 const params = getVersionSpecificMetadataOptions(objectMD, config.nullVersionCompatMode);
-                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                    config,
-                    objectKey,
-                    bucket,
-                    true,
-                    0,
-                    REPLICATION_ACTION,
+                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                    s3config: config,
+                    objKey: objectKey,
+                    bucketMD: bucket,
+                    isMD: true,
+                    objSize: 0,
+                    operationType: REPLICATION_ACTION,
                     objectMD,
-                );
+                });
                 if (replicationInfo) {
                     objectMD.replicationInfo = Object.assign({}, objectMD.replicationInfo, replicationInfo);
                     bumpMicroVersionId(objectMD);
diff --git a/lib/api/objectPutTagging.js b/lib/api/objectPutTagging.js
index cd5326bb98..ab2dfbc855 100644
--- a/lib/api/objectPutTagging.js
+++ b/lib/api/objectPutTagging.js
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ function objectPutTagging(authInfo, request, log, callback) {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                 objectMD.tags = tags;
                 const params = getVersionSpecificMetadataOptions(objectMD, config.nullVersionCompatMode);
-                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                    config,
-                    objectKey,
-                    bucket,
-                    true,
-                    0,
-                    REPLICATION_ACTION,
+                const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                    s3config: config,
+                    objKey: objectKey,
+                    bucketMD: bucket,
+                    isMD: true,
+                    objSize: 0,
+                    operationType: REPLICATION_ACTION,
                     objectMD,
-                );
+                });
                 if (replicationInfo) {
                     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                     objectMD.replicationInfo = Object.assign({}, objectMD.replicationInfo, replicationInfo);
diff --git a/lib/metadata/acl.js b/lib/metadata/acl.js
index 211bf47828..f649c27371 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/acl.js
+++ b/lib/metadata/acl.js
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ const acl = {
             const hasDestRole = b => !!b.role;
             const sameBackend = (a, b) => a.site === b.site && a.destination === b.destination && a.role === b.role;
 
-            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(config, objectKey, bucket, true);
+            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: config,
+                objKey: objectKey,
+                bucketMD: bucket,
+                isMD: true,
+            });
             if (replicationInfo && replicationInfo.backends.some(hasDestRole)) {
                 const backends = replicationInfo.backends
                     .map(b => {
diff --git a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
index 719478df9f..d61f59eebc 100644
--- a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
+++ b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
@@ -862,17 +862,14 @@ function putMetadata(request, response, bucketInfo, objMd, log, callback) {
             const isMDOnly = headers['x-scal-replication-content'] === 'METADATA';
             const objSize = omVal['content-length'] || 0;
 
-            const nextReplInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                config,
-                objectKey,
-                bucketInfo,
-                isMDOnly,
+            const nextReplInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: config,
+                objKey: objectKey,
+                bucketMD: bucketInfo,
+                isMD: isMDOnly,
                 objSize,
-                null,
-                null,
-                null,
-                constants.crrCascadeBlockedLocationTypes,
-            );
+                blockedSiteTypes: constants.crrCascadeBlockedLocationTypes,
+            });
 
             const hasNextHop = nextReplInfo && nextReplInfo.backends.length > 0;
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/getReplicationInfo.js b/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/getReplicationInfo.js
index e12b4b3bba..b2fe863cb4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/getReplicationInfo.js
+++ b/tests/unit/api/apiUtils/getReplicationInfo.js
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ function _getObjectReplicationInfo(s3config, replicationConfig, key, objectMD) {
         null,
         replicationConfig,
     );
-    return getReplicationInfo(s3config, key || 'fookey', bucketInfo, true, 123, null, objectMD || null);
+    return getReplicationInfo({
+        s3config,
+        objKey: key || 'fookey',
+        bucketMD: bucketInfo,
+        isMD: true,
+        objSize: 123,
+        objectMD: objectMD || null,
+    });
 }
 
 const TEST_CONFIG = {
@@ -238,16 +245,14 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                 canonicalID: 'abcdef/lifecycle',
                 accountDisplayName: 'Lifecycle Service Account',
             });
-            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                TEST_CONFIG,
-                'fookey',
-                bucketInfo,
-                true,
-                123,
-                null,
-                null,
+            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: TEST_CONFIG,
+                objKey: 'fookey',
+                bucketMD: bucketInfo,
+                isMD: true,
+                objSize: 123,
                 authInfo,
-            );
+            });
             assert.deepStrictEqual(replicationInfo, undefined);
         });
 
@@ -283,16 +288,14 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                 canonicalID: 'abcdef/md-ingestion',
                 accountDisplayName: 'Metadata Ingestion Service Account',
             });
-            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo(
-                TEST_CONFIG,
-                'fookey',
-                bucketInfo,
-                true,
-                123,
-                null,
-                null,
+            const replicationInfo = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: TEST_CONFIG,
+                objKey: 'fookey',
+                bucketMD: bucketInfo,
+                isMD: true,
+                objSize: 123,
                 authInfo,
-            );
+            });
             assert.deepStrictEqual(replicationInfo, {
                 status: 'PENDING',
                 backends: [
@@ -629,10 +632,10 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                 ],
                 destination: 'tosomewhere',
             };
-            const info = getReplicationInfo(
-                configWithRing,
-                'fookey',
-                new BucketInfo(
+            const info = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: configWithRing,
+                objKey: 'fookey',
+                bucketMD: new BucketInfo(
                     'b',
                     'id',
                     'name',
@@ -648,13 +651,10 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                     null,
                     replicationConfig,
                 ),
-                true,
-                123,
-                null,
-                null,
-                null,
-                [RING_TYPE],
-            );
+                isMD: true,
+                objSize: 123,
+                blockedSiteTypes: [RING_TYPE],
+            });
             assert.strictEqual(info.backends.length, 1);
             assert.strictEqual(info.backends[0].site, 'awsbackend');
         });
@@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                 rules: [{ prefix: '', enabled: true, storageClass: 'ring-site' }],
                 destination: 'tosomewhere',
             };
-            const info = getReplicationInfo(
-                configWithRing,
-                'fookey',
-                new BucketInfo(
+            const info = getReplicationInfo({
+                s3config: configWithRing,
+                objKey: 'fookey',
+                bucketMD: new BucketInfo(
                     'b',
                     'id',
                     'name',
@@ -684,13 +684,10 @@ describe('getReplicationInfo helper', () => {
                     null,
                     replicationConfig,
                 ),
-                true,
-                123,
-                null,
-                null,
-                null,
-                [RING_TYPE],
-            );
+                isMD: true,
+                objSize: 123,
+                blockedSiteTypes: [RING_TYPE],
+            });
             assert.strictEqual(info, undefined);
         });
     });