diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 1f6e113ac8..90b4a9cb50 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -5389,7 +5389,13 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 		sleep(1);
 
 		// Let's check the remote site
-		$linea = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_remote_get( $pagelinkedfrom, array( 'timeout' => 10, 'redirection' => 0, 'reject_unsafe_urls' => true ) ) );
+		$http_api_args = array(
+			'timeout' => 10,
+			'redirection' => 0,
+			'reject_unsafe_urls' => true,
+			'limit_response_size' => 153600, // 150 KB
+		);
+		$linea = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_remote_get( $pagelinkedfrom, $http_api_args ) );
 
 		if ( !$linea )
 	  		return $this->pingback_error( 16, __( 'The source URL does not exist.' ) );