diff --git a/lib/api/readable.js b/lib/api/readable.js
index a65a7fcb557..452384a9a11 100644
--- a/lib/api/readable.js
+++ b/lib/api/readable.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const kBody = Symbol('kBody')
 const kAbort = Symbol('kAbort')
 const kContentType = Symbol('kContentType')
 const kContentLength = Symbol('kContentLength')
+const kBytesRead = Symbol('kBytesRead')
 
 const noop = () => {}
 
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
 
     this[kAbort] = abort
     this[kConsume] = null
+    this[kBytesRead] = 0
     this[kBody] = null
     this[kContentType] = contentType
-    this[kContentLength] = contentLength
+    this[kContentLength] = Number.isFinite(contentLength) ? contentLength : null
 
     // Is stream being consumed through Readable API?
     // This is an optimization so that we avoid checking
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
   }
 
   push (chunk) {
+    this[kBytesRead] += chunk ? chunk.length : 0
+
     if (this[kConsume] && chunk !== null) {
       consumePush(this[kConsume], chunk)
       return this[kReading] ? super.push(chunk) : true
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
   }
 
   async dump (opts) {
-    let limit = Number.isFinite(opts?.limit) ? opts.limit : 128 * 1024
+    const limit = Number.isFinite(opts?.limit) ? opts.limit : 128 * 1024
     const signal = opts?.signal
 
     if (signal != null && (typeof signal !== 'object' || !('aborted' in signal))) {
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
     }
 
     return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (this[kContentLength] > limit) {
+      if (this[kContentLength] > limit || this[kBytesRead] > limit) {
         this.destroy(new AbortError())
       }
 
@@ -185,8 +189,7 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
         })
         .on('error', noop)
         .on('data', function (chunk) {
-          limit -= chunk.length
-          if (limit <= 0) {
+          if (this[kBytesRead] > limit) {
             this.destroy()
           }
         })