diff --git a/lbry/dht/protocol/iterative_find.py b/lbry/dht/protocol/iterative_find.py
index ab4a66e3d..9a557ef51 100644
--- a/lbry/dht/protocol/iterative_find.py
+++ b/lbry/dht/protocol/iterative_find.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from itertools import chain
 from collections import defaultdict, OrderedDict
-from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 import typing
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get_shortlist(routing_table: 'TreeRoutingTable', key: bytes,
     return shortlist or routing_table.find_close_peers(key)
 
 
-class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
+class IterativeFinder(AsyncIterator):
     def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, peer_manager: 'PeerManager',
                  routing_table: 'TreeRoutingTable', protocol: 'KademliaProtocol', key: bytes,
                  max_results: typing.Optional[int] = constants.K,
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
         self.iteration_count = 0
         self.running = False
         self.tasks: typing.List[asyncio.Task] = []
-        self.generator = None
-
         for peer in get_shortlist(routing_table, key, shortlist):
             if peer.node_id:
                 self._add_active(peer, force=True)
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
                 log.warning("misbehaving peer %s:%i returned peer with reserved ip %s:%i", peer.address,
                             peer.udp_port, address, udp_port)
         self.check_result_ready(response)
-        self._log_state()
+        self._log_state(reason="check result")
 
     def _reset_closest(self, peer):
         if peer in self.active:
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
         except asyncio.CancelledError:
             log.debug("%s[%x] cancelled probe",
                       type(self).__name__, id(self))
-            return
+            raise
         except ValueError as err:
             log.warning(str(err))
             self._reset_closest(peer)
@@ -199,8 +197,6 @@ class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
                 break
             if index > (constants.K + len(self.running_probes)):
                 break
-            if self.iteration_count + self.iteration_queue.qsize() >= self.max_results:
-                break
             origin_address = (peer.address, peer.udp_port)
             if origin_address in self.exclude:
                 continue
@@ -232,76 +228,54 @@ class IterativeFinder(AsyncGenerator):
         t.add_done_callback(callback)
         self.running_probes[peer] = t
 
-    def _log_state(self):
-        log.debug("%s[%x] [%s] check result: %i active nodes %i contacted %i produced %i queued",
+    def _log_state(self, reason="?"):
+        log.debug("%s[%x] [%s] %s: %i active nodes %i contacted %i produced %i queued",
                   type(self).__name__, id(self), self.key.hex()[:8],
-                  len(self.active), len(self.contacted),
+                  reason, len(self.active), len(self.contacted),
                   self.iteration_count, self.iteration_queue.qsize())
 
-    async def _generator_func(self):
-        try:
-            while self.iteration_count < self.max_results:
-                if self.iteration_count == 0:
-                    result = self.get_initial_result() or await self.iteration_queue.get()
-                else:
-                    result = await self.iteration_queue.get()
-                if not result:
-                    # no more results
-                    await self._aclose(reason="no more results")
-                    self.generator = None
-                    return
-                self.iteration_count += 1
-                yield result
-            # reached max_results limit
-            await self._aclose(reason="max_results reached")
-            self.generator = None
-            return
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            await self._aclose(reason="cancelled")
-            self.generator = None
-            raise
-        except GeneratorExit:
-            await self._aclose(reason="generator exit")
-            self.generator = None
-            raise
-
     def __aiter__(self):
         if self.running:
             raise Exception("already running")
         self.running = True
-        self.generator = self._generator_func()
         self.loop.call_soon(self._search_round)
-        return super().__aiter__()
+        return self
 
     async def __anext__(self) -> typing.List['KademliaPeer']:
-        return await super().__anext__()
-
-    async def asend(self, value):
-        return await self.generator.asend(value)
-
-    async def athrow(self, typ, val=None, tb=None):
-        return await self.generator.athrow(typ, val, tb)
+        try:
+            if self.iteration_count == 0:
+                result = self.get_initial_result() or await self.iteration_queue.get()
+            else:
+                result = await self.iteration_queue.get()
+            if not result:
+                raise StopAsyncIteration
+            self.iteration_count += 1
+            return result
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            await self._aclose(reason="cancelled")
+            raise
+        except StopAsyncIteration:
+            await self._aclose(reason="no more results")
+            raise
 
     async def _aclose(self, reason="?"):
-        self.running = False
-        running_tasks = list(chain(self.tasks, self.running_probes.values()))
-        for task in running_tasks:
-            task.cancel()
-        log.debug("%s[%x] [%s] async close because %s: %i active nodes %i contacted %i produced %i queued",
+        log.debug("%s[%x] [%s] shutdown because %s: %i active nodes %i contacted %i produced %i queued",
                   type(self).__name__, id(self), self.key.hex()[:8],
                   reason, len(self.active), len(self.contacted),
                   self.iteration_count, self.iteration_queue.qsize())
+        self.running = False
+        self.iteration_queue.put_nowait(None)
+        for task in chain(self.tasks, self.running_probes.values()):
+            task.cancel()
         self.tasks.clear()
         self.running_probes.clear()
 
     async def aclose(self):
-        if self.generator:
-            await super().aclose()
-            self.generator = None
+        if self.running:
+            await self._aclose(reason="aclose")
         log.debug("%s[%x] [%s] async close completed",
                   type(self).__name__, id(self), self.key.hex()[:8])
 
-
 class IterativeNodeFinder(IterativeFinder):
     def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, peer_manager: 'PeerManager',
                  routing_table: 'TreeRoutingTable', protocol: 'KademliaProtocol', key: bytes,