diff --git a/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/c.cc b/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/c.cc
index c620818a5..ef387e6a4 100644
--- a/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/c.cc
+++ b/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/c.cc
@@ -4368,11 +4368,10 @@ crocksdb_iterator_t* crocksdb_sstfilereader_new_iterator(
   return it;
 }
 
-void crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
-    const crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader, void* ctx,
-    void (*cb)(void*, const crocksdb_table_properties_t*)) {
+const crocksdb_table_properties_t* crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
+    const crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader) {
   auto props = reader->rep->GetTableProperties();
-  cb(ctx, reinterpret_cast<const crocksdb_table_properties_t*>(props.get()));
+  return reinterpret_cast<const crocksdb_table_properties_t*>(props.get());
 }
 
 void crocksdb_sstfilereader_verify_checksum(crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader,
diff --git a/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/crocksdb/c.h b/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/crocksdb/c.h
index 68e8ff61f..9376ec03a 100644
--- a/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/crocksdb/c.h
+++ b/librocksdb_sys/crocksdb/crocksdb/c.h
@@ -1724,9 +1724,9 @@ extern C_ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API crocksdb_iterator_t*
 crocksdb_sstfilereader_new_iterator(crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader,
                                     const crocksdb_readoptions_t* options);
 
-extern C_ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API void crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
-    const crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader, void* ctx,
-    void (*cb)(void*, const crocksdb_table_properties_t*));
+extern C_ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API const crocksdb_table_properties_t*
+crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
+    const crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader);
 
 extern C_ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API void crocksdb_sstfilereader_verify_checksum(
     crocksdb_sstfilereader_t* reader, char** errptr);
diff --git a/librocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs b/librocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs
index 788abd0e3..43c2a215c 100644
--- a/librocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/librocksdb_sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -1802,9 +1802,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     pub fn crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
         reader: *const SstFileReader,
-        ctx: *mut c_void,
-        callback: extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *const DBTableProperties),
-    );
+    ) -> *const DBTableProperties;
 
     pub fn crocksdb_sstfilereader_verify_checksum(
         reader: *mut SstFileReader,
diff --git a/src/rocksdb.rs b/src/rocksdb.rs
index 19ecc5a58..8b14e16ce 100644
--- a/src/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/rocksdb.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use std::io;
-use std::mem;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -2326,24 +2325,10 @@ impl SstFileReader {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn read_table_properties<F: FnOnce(&TableProperties)>(&self, mut action: F) {
-        extern "C" fn callback<F: FnOnce(&TableProperties)>(
-            ctx: *mut c_void,
-            ptr: *const crocksdb_ffi::DBTableProperties,
-        ) {
-            unsafe {
-                let caller = ptr::read(ctx as *mut F);
-                caller(TableProperties::from_ptr(ptr));
-            }
-        }
-
+    pub fn read_table_properties<F: FnOnce(&TableProperties)>(&self, action: F) {
         unsafe {
-            crocksdb_ffi::crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(
-                self.inner,
-                &mut action as *mut F as *mut c_void,
-                callback::<F>,
-            );
-            mem::forget(action);
+            let ptr = crocksdb_ffi::crocksdb_sstfilereader_read_table_properties(self.inner);
+            action(TableProperties::from_ptr(ptr));
         }
     }