diff --git a/modules/git/tree.go b/modules/git/tree.go
index 5b06cbf359..f6201f6cc9 100644
--- a/modules/git/tree.go
+++ b/modules/git/tree.go
@@ -176,3 +176,14 @@ func (repo *Repository) LsTree(ref string, filenames ...string) ([]string, error
 
 	return filelist, err
 }
+
+// GetTreePathLatestCommitID returns the latest commit of a tree path
+func (repo *Repository) GetTreePathLatestCommit(refName, treePath string) (*Commit, error) {
+	stdout, _, err := NewCommand(repo.Ctx, "rev-list", "-1").
+		AddDynamicArguments(refName).AddDashesAndList(treePath).
+		RunStdString(&RunOpts{Dir: repo.Path})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return repo.GetCommit(strings.TrimSpace(stdout))
+}
diff --git a/modules/git/tree_test.go b/modules/git/tree_test.go
index 6e5d7f4415..7e439628f2 100644
--- a/modules/git/tree_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/tree_test.go
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ func TestSubTree_Issue29101(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, IsErrNotExist(err))
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_GetTreePathLatestCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := openRepositoryWithDefaultContext(filepath.Join(testReposDir, "repo6_blame"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer repo.Close()
+
+	commitID, err := repo.GetBranchCommitID("master")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "544d8f7a3b15927cddf2299b4b562d6ebd71b6a7", commitID)
+
+	commit, err := repo.GetTreePathLatestCommit("master", "blame.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, commit)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "45fb6cbc12f970b04eacd5cd4165edd11c8d7376", commit.ID.String())
+}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
index 2cea538b72..55b245676d 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/file.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -247,19 +246,14 @@ func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.APIContext) (blob *git.Blob, entry *git.TreeEn
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
-	info, _, err := git.Entries([]*git.TreeEntry{entry}).GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, path.Dir("/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath)[1:])
+	latestCommit, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit(ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetCommitsInfo", err)
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetTreePathLatestCommit", err)
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
+	when := &latestCommit.Committer.When
 
-	if len(info) == 1 {
-		// Not Modified
-		lastModified = &info[0].Commit.Committer.When
-	}
-	blob = entry.Blob()
-
-	return blob, entry, lastModified
+	return entry.Blob(), entry, when
 }
 
 // GetArchive get archive of a repository
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/download.go b/routers/web/repo/download.go
index 1e87bbf015..d7fe368474 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/download.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/download.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package repo
 
 import (
-	"path"
 	"time"
 
 	git_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/git"
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func ServeBlobOrLFS(ctx *context.Context, blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.Tim
 	return common.ServeBlob(ctx.Base, ctx.Repo.TreePath, blob, lastModified)
 }
 
-func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.Time) {
+func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (*git.Blob, *time.Time) {
 	entry, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if git.IsErrNotExist(err) {
@@ -98,19 +97,14 @@ func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.T
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	info, _, err := git.Entries([]*git.TreeEntry{entry}).GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, path.Dir("/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath)[1:])
+	latestCommit, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit(ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("GetCommitsInfo", err)
+		ctx.ServerError("GetTreePathLatestCommit", err)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+	lastModified := &latestCommit.Committer.When
 
-	if len(info) == 1 {
-		// Not Modified
-		lastModified = &info[0].Commit.Committer.When
-	}
-	blob = entry.Blob()
-
-	return blob, lastModified
+	return entry.Blob(), lastModified
 }
 
 // SingleDownload download a file by repos path