diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
index 49657a9b1d..e13b3dedfd 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ void KFileItemModelRolesUpdater::startPreviewJob()
 
     KIO::PreviewJob* job = new KIO::PreviewJob(itemSubSet, cacheSize, &m_enabledPlugins);
 
-    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(itemSubSet.first().isLocalFile() && m_localFileSizePreviewLimit <= 0);
+    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(itemSubSet.first().isLocalFile() && !itemSubSet.first().isSlow() && m_localFileSizePreviewLimit <= 0);
     if (job->uiDelegate()) {
         KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, qApp->activeWindow());
     }
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ void KFileItemModelRolesUpdater::loadNextHoverSequencePreview()
     KIO::PreviewJob* job = new KIO::PreviewJob({m_hoverSequenceItem}, cacheSize, &m_enabledPlugins);
 
     job->setSequenceIndex(loadSeqIdx);
-    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_hoverSequenceItem.isLocalFile() && m_localFileSizePreviewLimit <= 0);
+    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_hoverSequenceItem.isLocalFile() && !m_hoverSequenceItem.isSlow() && m_localFileSizePreviewLimit <= 0);
     if (job->uiDelegate()) {
         KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, qApp->activeWindow());
     }
diff --git a/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.cpp b/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.cpp
index bb5f793cd4..53aac6dc1c 100644
--- a/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void InformationPanelContent::refreshPixmapView()
                                        QSize(m_preview->width(), m_preview->height()),
                                        &plugins);
     m_previewJob->setScaleType(KIO::PreviewJob::Unscaled);
-    m_previewJob->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_item.isLocalFile());
+    m_previewJob->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_item.isLocalFile() && !m_item.isSlow());
     if (m_previewJob->uiDelegate()) {
         KJobWidgets::setWindow(m_previewJob, this);
     }
diff --git a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
index 4786445f1a..54af9c94cf 100644
--- a/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/views/tooltips/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void ToolTipManager::startContentRetrieval()
     KIO::PreviewJob* job = new KIO::PreviewJob(KFileItemList() << m_item,
                                                QSize(256, 256),
                                                &plugins);
-    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_item.isLocalFile());
+    job->setIgnoreMaximumSize(m_item.isLocalFile() && !m_item.isSlow());
     if (job->uiDelegate()) {
         KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, qApp->activeWindow());
     }