diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
index dffbd2f298..ec03146627 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
@@ -203,7 +203,14 @@ public class SegmentBlob extends Record implements Blob {
 
     private static String readLongBlobId(Segment segment, int recordNumber) {
         RecordId blobId = segment.readRecordId(recordNumber, 1);
-        return blobId.getSegment().readString(blobId.getRecordNumber());
+
+        // if the blob id lives in the same segment, avoid reading again
+        // the segment, as it will trigger an SNFE on standby, see OAK-8006
+        if (blobId.getSegmentId().equals(segment.getSegmentId())) {
+            return segment.readString(blobId.getRecordNumber());
+        } else {
+            return blobId.getSegment().readString(blobId.getRecordNumber());
+        }
     }
 
     private List<RecordId> getBulkRecordIds() {