diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/jobs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/jobs_controller.rb
index 85e972d9731..ac9eb2047a0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/jobs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/jobs_controller.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Projects::JobsController < Projects::ApplicationController
         if stream.file?
           send_file stream.path, type: 'text/plain; charset=utf-8', disposition: 'inline'
         else
-          render_404
+          send_data stream.raw, type: 'text/plain; charset=utf-8', disposition: 'inline', filename: 'job.log'
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/44665-fix-db-trace-stream-by-raw-access.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/44665-fix-db-trace-stream-by-raw-access.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4166d4fe320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/44665-fix-db-trace-stream-by-raw-access.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix `JobsController#raw` endpoint can not read traces in database
+merge_request: 18101
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/trace/stream.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/trace/stream.rb
index b3fe3ef1c4d..54894a46077 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/trace/stream.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/trace/stream.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
         attr_reader :stream
 
-        delegate :close, :tell, :seek, :size, :path, :url, :truncate, to: :stream, allow_nil: true
+        delegate :close, :tell, :seek, :size, :url, :truncate, to: :stream, allow_nil: true
 
         delegate :valid?, to: :stream, as: :present?, allow_nil: true
 
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ module Gitlab
           self.path.present?
         end
 
+        def path
+          self.stream.path if self.stream.respond_to?(:path)
+        end
+
         def limit(last_bytes = LIMIT_SIZE)
           if last_bytes < size
             stream.seek(-last_bytes, IO::SEEK_END)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/jobs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/jobs_controller_spec.rb
index 31046c202e6..b9a979044fe 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/jobs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/jobs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -513,13 +513,30 @@ describe Projects::JobsController do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when job has a trace in database' do
+      let(:job) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: pipeline) }
+
+      before do
+        job.update_column(:trace, 'Sample trace')
+      end
+
+      it 'send a trace file' do
+        response = subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
+        expect(response.content_type).to eq 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'
+        expect(response.body).to eq 'Sample trace'
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when job does not have a trace file' do
       let(:job) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: pipeline) }
 
       it 'returns not_found' do
         response = subject
 
-        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:not_found)
+        expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(:ok)
+        expect(response.body).to eq ''
       end
     end