diff --git a/modules/git/blob.go b/modules/git/blob.go
index 8864f54d1..bcecb42e1 100644
--- a/modules/git/blob.go
+++ b/modules/git/blob.go
@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@ func (b *Blob) Name() string {
 	return b.name
 }
 
-// GetBlobContent Gets the content of the blob as raw text
-func (b *Blob) GetBlobContent() (string, error) {
+// GetBlobContent Gets the limited content of the blob as raw text
+func (b *Blob) GetBlobContent(limit int64) (string, error) {
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		return "", nil
+	}
 	dataRc, err := b.DataAsync()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer dataRc.Close()
-	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
-	n, _ := util.ReadAtMost(dataRc, buf)
-	buf = buf[:n]
-	return string(buf), nil
+	buf, err := util.ReadWithLimit(dataRc, int(limit))
+	return string(buf), err
 }
 
 // GetBlobLineCount gets line count of the blob
diff --git a/modules/util/io.go b/modules/util/io.go
index 69b1d6314..1559b019a 100644
--- a/modules/util/io.go
+++ b/modules/util/io.go
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 )
 
 // ReadAtMost reads at most len(buf) bytes from r into buf.
 // It returns the number of bytes copied. n is only less than len(buf) if r provides fewer bytes.
-// If EOF occurs while reading, err will be nil.
+// If EOF or ErrUnexpectedEOF occurs while reading, err will be nil.
 func ReadAtMost(r io.Reader, buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = io.ReadFull(r, buf)
 	if err == io.EOF || err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
@@ -19,6 +20,42 @@ func ReadAtMost(r io.Reader, buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return n, err
 }
 
+// ReadWithLimit reads at most "limit" bytes from r into buf.
+// If EOF or ErrUnexpectedEOF occurs while reading, err will be nil.
+func ReadWithLimit(r io.Reader, n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
+	return readWithLimit(r, 1024, n)
+}
+
+func readWithLimit(r io.Reader, batch, limit int) ([]byte, error) {
+	if limit <= batch {
+		buf := make([]byte, limit)
+		n, err := ReadAtMost(r, buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return buf[:n], nil
+	}
+	res := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, batch))
+	bufFix := make([]byte, batch)
+	eof := false
+	for res.Len() < limit && !eof {
+		bufTmp := bufFix
+		if res.Len()+batch > limit {
+			bufTmp = bufFix[:limit-res.Len()]
+		}
+		n, err := io.ReadFull(r, bufTmp)
+		if err == io.EOF || err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
+			eof = true
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if _, err = res.Write(bufTmp[:n]); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return res.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
 // ErrNotEmpty is an error reported when there is a non-empty reader
 var ErrNotEmpty = errors.New("not-empty")
 
diff --git a/modules/util/io_test.go b/modules/util/io_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..275575463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/util/io_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type readerWithError struct {
+	buf *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func (r *readerWithError) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if r.buf.Len() < 2 {
+		return 0, errors.New("test error")
+	}
+	return r.buf.Read(p)
+}
+
+func TestReadWithLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := []byte("0123456789abcdef")
+
+	// normal test
+	buf, err := readWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 5, 2)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("01"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 5, 5)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("01234"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 5, 6)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("012345"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 5, len(bs))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("0123456789abcdef"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 5, 100)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("0123456789abcdef"), buf)
+
+	// test with error
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(&readerWithError{bytes.NewBuffer(bs)}, 5, 10)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("0123456789"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = readWithLimit(&readerWithError{bytes.NewBuffer(bs)}, 5, 100)
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "test error")
+	assert.Empty(t, buf)
+
+	// test public function
+	buf, err = ReadWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 2)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("01"), buf)
+
+	buf, err = ReadWithLimit(bytes.NewBuffer(bs), 9999999)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("0123456789abcdef"), buf)
+}
diff --git a/routers/web/user/profile.go b/routers/web/user/profile.go
index 42ae37e3b..6f9f84d60 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/profile.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/profile.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func Profile(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 		blob, err := commit.GetBlobByPath("README.md")
 		if err == nil {
-			bytes, err := blob.GetBlobContent()
+			bytes, err := blob.GetBlobContent(setting.UI.MaxDisplayFileSize)
 			if err != nil {
 				ctx.ServerError("GetBlobContent", err)
 				return
diff --git a/services/repository/files/content.go b/services/repository/files/content.go
index 6f6dc91d8..c701431d6 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/content.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/content.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func GetContents(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, treePath, ref
 	} else if entry.IsLink() {
 		contentsResponse.Type = string(ContentTypeLink)
 		// The target of a symlink file is the content of the file
-		targetFromContent, err := entry.Blob().GetBlobContent()
+		targetFromContent, err := entry.Blob().GetBlobContent(1024)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_packages_cargo_test.go b/tests/integration/api_packages_cargo_test.go
index 608f19296..03d8e0c52 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_packages_cargo_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_packages_cargo_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func testPackageCargo(t *testing.T, _ *neturl.URL) {
 		blob, err := commit.GetBlobByPath(path)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-		content, err := blob.GetBlobContent()
+		content, err := blob.GetBlobContent(1024)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		return content