diff --git a/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatch.go b/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatch.go
index f7b0c2e8..8e486186 100644
--- a/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatch.go
+++ b/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatch.go
@@ -162,24 +162,35 @@ func (s *CatFileBatchScanner) next() (string, string, *WrappedPointer, error) {
 	blobSha := string(fields[0])
 	size, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(fields[2]))
 	sha := sha256.New()
-	buf := make([]byte, size)
-	read, err := io.ReadFull(io.TeeReader(s.r, sha), buf)
+
+	var buf *bytes.Buffer
+	var to io.Writer = sha
+	if size <= blobSizeCutoff {
+		buf = bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, size))
+		to = io.MultiWriter(to, buf)
+	}
+
+	read, err := io.CopyN(to, s.r, int64(size))
 	if err != nil {
 		return blobSha, "", nil, err
 	}
 
-	if size != read {
+	if int64(size) != read {
 		return blobSha, "", nil, fmt.Errorf("expected %d bytes, read %d bytes", size, read)
 	}
 
-	p, err := DecodePointer(bytes.NewBuffer(buf[:read]))
 	var pointer *WrappedPointer
 	var contentsSha string
-	if err == nil {
-		contentsSha = p.Oid
-		pointer = &WrappedPointer{
-			Sha1:    blobSha,
-			Pointer: p,
+
+	if size <= blobSizeCutoff {
+		if p, err := DecodePointer(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes())); err != nil {
+			contentsSha = fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha.Sum(nil))
+		} else {
+			pointer = &WrappedPointer{
+				Sha1:    blobSha,
+				Pointer: p,
+			}
+			contentsSha = p.Oid
 		}
 	} else {
 		contentsSha = fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha.Sum(nil))
diff --git a/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatchscanner_test.go b/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatchscanner_test.go
index 1c0c24f3..59b4226f 100644
--- a/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatchscanner_test.go
+++ b/lfs/gitscanner_catfilebatchscanner_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package lfs
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestCatFileBatchScannerWithValidOutput(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,6 +57,28 @@ func TestCatFileBatchScannerWithValidOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, scanner.Pointer())
 }
 
+func TestCatFileBatchScannerWithLargeBlobs(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 1025))
+	sha := sha256.New()
+	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(0))
+
+	_, err := io.CopyN(io.MultiWriter(sha, buf), rng, 1025)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	fake := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	writeFakeBuffer(t, fake, buf.Bytes(), buf.Len())
+
+	scanner := &CatFileBatchScanner{r: bufio.NewReader(fake)}
+
+	require.True(t, scanner.Scan(nil))
+	assert.Nil(t, scanner.Pointer())
+	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha.Sum(nil)), scanner.ContentsSha())
+
+	assert.False(t, scanner.Scan(nil))
+	assert.Nil(t, scanner.Err())
+	assert.Nil(t, scanner.Pointer())
+}
+
 func assertNextPointer(t *testing.T, scanner *CatFileBatchScanner, oid string) {
 	assert.True(t, scanner.Scan(nil))
 	assert.Nil(t, scanner.Err())