diff --git a/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter.go b/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter.go
index 1d98170abc3..ba96b9905b4 100644
--- a/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter.go
+++ b/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (dbg *DBGetter) Retrieve(logID string) ([]byte, error) {
 	sz := int64(len(jobLog.Content))
 	var buf []byte
 	sizeLimit := logSizeLimit()
-	if sizeLimit <= 0 {
+	if sizeLimit <= 0 || sz <= sizeLimit {
 		buf = []byte(jobLog.Content)
 		return buf, nil
 	}
diff --git a/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter_test.go b/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter_test.go
index ef696303172..0faccca8de5 100644
--- a/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter_test.go
+++ b/src/jobservice/logger/getter/db_getter_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/common/dao"
+	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/jobservice/config"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/jobservice/logger/backend"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/jobservice/logger/sweeper"
 	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/lib/log"
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ func TestDBGetter(t *testing.T) {
 	err = l.Close()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	_ = config.DefaultConfig.Load("../../config_test.yml", true)
 	dbGetter := NewDBGetter()
 	ll, err := dbGetter.Retrieve(uuid)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, 0, len(ll))
 	log.Infof("get logger %s", ll)
 
 	err = sweeper.PrepareDBSweep()