diff --git a/services/context/repo.go b/services/context/repo.go
index 2df2b7ea40387..5e03f8356b9f5 100644
--- a/services/context/repo.go
+++ b/services/context/repo.go
@@ -823,13 +823,16 @@ func getRefName(ctx *Base, repo *Repository, pathType RepoRefType) string {
 		// For legacy and API support only full commit sha
 		parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
 
-		if len(parts) > 0 && len(parts[0]) == git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.Repository.ObjectFormatName).FullLength() {
-			repo.TreePath = strings.Join(parts[1:], "/")
-			return parts[0]
-		}
-		if refName := getRefName(ctx, repo, RepoRefBlob); len(refName) > 0 {
-			return refName
+		if len(parts) > 1 {
+			if len(parts[0]) == git.ObjectFormatFromName(repo.Repository.ObjectFormatName).FullLength() {
+				repo.TreePath = strings.Join(parts[1:], "/")
+				return parts[0]
+			}
+			if refName := getRefName(ctx, repo, RepoRefBlob); len(refName) > 0 {
+				return refName
+			}
 		}
+
 		repo.TreePath = path
 		return repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
 	case RepoRefBranch:
diff --git a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/42/27deb2ed773f536082805c08f5cebd22da9779 b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/42/27deb2ed773f536082805c08f5cebd22da9779
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a826eaa65bb0
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diff --git a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/83/c831f0b085c70509b1fbb0a0131a9a32e691ac b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/83/c831f0b085c70509b1fbb0a0131a9a32e691ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..73dacbd4eeabf
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/83/c831f0b085c70509b1fbb0a0131a9a32e691ac differ
diff --git a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/9f/c855a7ff0b67fc2f98f878d852b6937810971f b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/9f/c855a7ff0b67fc2f98f878d852b6937810971f
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db867795705c6
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/9f/c855a7ff0b67fc2f98f878d852b6937810971f differ
diff --git a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/c5/66fa45406b2f02c181df08077a03f177cf9ba8 b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/c5/66fa45406b2f02c181df08077a03f177cf9ba8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11d410bfb4425
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/objects/c5/66fa45406b2f02c181df08077a03f177cf9ba8 differ
diff --git a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/refs/heads/master b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/refs/heads/master
index f98a263be62ff..be1a71c1071d1 100644
--- a/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/refs/heads/master
+++ b/tests/gitea-repositories-meta/user13/repo11.git/refs/heads/master
@@ -1 +1 @@
-65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d
+c566fa45406b2f02c181df08077a03f177cf9ba8
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_repo_get_contents_test.go b/tests/integration/api_repo_get_contents_test.go
index 68a8608117208..8c03fb2d5d6dc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_repo_get_contents_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_repo_get_contents_test.go
@@ -191,5 +191,19 @@ func TestAPIGetContentsRefFormats(t *testing.T) {
 		raw, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.EqualValues(t, content, string(raw))
+
+		// Test with a filepath with 40 characters
+		fileWith40c := setting.AppURL + "api/v1/repos/user13/repo11/raw/" + "a_file_path_with_40_characters_for_tests"
+		resp = MakeRequest(t, NewRequest(t, http.MethodGet, fileWith40c), http.StatusOK)
+		raw, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "# a_file_path_with_40_characters_for_tests\n", string(raw))
+
+		// Test with a filepath with 40 characters and name is a commit SHA
+		fileWith40c = setting.AppURL + "api/v1/repos/user13/repo11/raw/" + "65f1bf27bc3bf70f64657658635e66094edbcb4d"
+		resp = MakeRequest(t, NewRequest(t, http.MethodGet, fileWith40c), http.StatusOK)
+		raw, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, "# test\n", string(raw))
 	})
 }