diff --git a/routers/api/packages/arch/arch.go b/routers/api/packages/arch/arch.go
index 1596fe7061..3f0aa58691 100644
--- a/routers/api/packages/arch/arch.go
+++ b/routers/api/packages/arch/arch.go
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ func Get(ctx *context.Context) {
 	// Packages are stored in different way from pacman databases, and loaded
 	// with LoadPackageFile function.
 	if strings.HasSuffix(file, "tar.zst") || strings.HasSuffix(file, "zst.sig") {
-		pkgdata, err := arch_service.LoadFile(ctx, distro, file)
+		pkg, err := arch_service.GetFileObject(ctx, distro, file)
 		if err != nil {
 			apiError(ctx, http.StatusNotFound, err)
 			return
 		}
 
-		ctx.ServeContent(bytes.NewReader(pkgdata), &context.ServeHeaderOptions{
+		ctx.ServeContent(pkg, &context.ServeHeaderOptions{
 			Filename:      file,
 			CacheDuration: time.Minute * 5,
 		})
diff --git a/services/packages/arch/db_manager.go b/services/packages/arch/db_manager.go
index f5c3360d87..89ec8691e6 100644
--- a/services/packages/arch/db_manager.go
+++ b/services/packages/arch/db_manager.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package arch
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/json"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/packages"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/packages/arch"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/storage"
 	pkg_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/packages"
 )
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func SaveFile(ctx *context.Context, p *SaveFileParams) (int64, error) {
 
 // Get data related to provided file name and distribution, and update download
 // counter if actual package file is retrieved from database.
-func LoadFile(ctx *context.Context, distro, file string) ([]byte, error) {
+func GetFileObject(ctx *context.Context, distro, file string) (storage.Object, error) {
 	db := db.GetEngine(ctx)
 
 	pkgfile := &pkg_model.PackageFile{CompositeKey: distro + "-" + file}
@@ -131,12 +131,7 @@ func LoadFile(ctx *context.Context, distro, file string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	cs := packages.NewContentStore()
 
-	obj, err := cs.Get(packages.BlobHash256Key(blob.HashSHA256))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return io.ReadAll(obj)
+	return cs.Get(packages.BlobHash256Key(blob.HashSHA256))
 }
 
 // Automatically connect repository to pushed package, if package with provided