diff --git a/cloud/src/meta-service/meta_service.cpp b/cloud/src/meta-service/meta_service.cpp
index 4f374832925dd75..70a6237c76f6725 100644
--- a/cloud/src/meta-service/meta_service.cpp
+++ b/cloud/src/meta-service/meta_service.cpp
@@ -1310,7 +1310,14 @@ void internal_get_rowset(Transaction* txn, int64_t start, int64_t end,
 
         while (it->has_next()) {
             auto [k, v] = it->next();
-            auto rs = response->add_rowset_meta();
+            auto* rs = response->add_rowset_meta();
+            auto byte_size = rs->ByteSizeLong();
+            if (byte_size + v.size() > std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()) {
+                code = MetaServiceCode::PROTOBUF_PARSE_ERR;
+                msg = "rowset meta exceeded 2G, unable to deserialize";
+                LOG(WARNING) << msg << " key=" << hex(k);
+                return;
+            }
             if (!rs->ParseFromArray(v.data(), v.size())) {
                 code = MetaServiceCode::PROTOBUF_PARSE_ERR;
                 msg = "malformed rowset meta, unable to deserialize";
@@ -1318,7 +1325,9 @@ void internal_get_rowset(Transaction* txn, int64_t start, int64_t end,
                 return;
             }
             ++num_rowsets;
-            if (!it->has_next()) key0 = k;
+            if (!it->has_next()) {
+                key0 = k;
+            }
         }
         key0.push_back('\x00'); // Update to next smallest key for iteration
     } while (it->more());