diff --git a/librz/core/cmd/cmd_print.c b/librz/core/cmd/cmd_print.c
index afbee0625a4..937ae202af1 100644
--- a/librz/core/cmd/cmd_print.c
+++ b/librz/core/cmd/cmd_print.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <rz_util.h>
 #include <rz_type.h>
 #include <rz_types.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 
 #include "../core_private.h"
 #include "rz_util/rz_strbuf.h"
@@ -4447,8 +4446,12 @@ RZ_IPI RzCmdStatus rz_cmd_disassemble_recursively_no_function_handler(RzCore *co
 }
 
 RZ_IPI RzCmdStatus rz_cmd_disassemble_summarize_n_bytes_handler(RzCore *core, int argc, const char **argv) {
-	ut64 n_bytes = argc > 1 ? rz_num_math(core->num, argv[1]) : 0;
+	if (argc <= 1) {
+		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Invalid argument.");
+		return RZ_CMD_STATUS_ERROR;
+	}
 
+	ut64 n_bytes = rz_num_math(core->num, argv[1]);
 	// small patch to reuse rz_core_print_disasm_strings which
 	// needs to be rewritten entirely
 	char *string = rz_core_print_disasm_strings(core, argc > 1 ? RZ_CORE_DISASM_STRINGS_MODE_BYTES : RZ_CORE_DISASM_STRINGS_MODE_INST, n_bytes, NULL);
diff --git a/librz/core/cprint.c b/librz/core/cprint.c
index eebceeb5db7..7193e079f7e 100644
--- a/librz/core/cprint.c
+++ b/librz/core/cprint.c
@@ -540,22 +540,44 @@ static void core_handle_call(RzCore *core, char *line, char **str) {
 }
 
 /**
- *  \brief Get the console output of disassembling \p byte_len bytes at \p addr
+ *  \brief Get the console output of disassembling \p byte_len bytes
+ *      or \p inst_len opcodes at \p addr. Restricted by \p byte_len
+ *      and \p inst_len at the same time. Set one of them to zero to
+ *      ignore its restriction.
  */
-static char *cons_dis_n_bytes(RzCore *core, ut64 addr, ut32 byte_len) {
+static char *cons_disassembly(RzCore *core, ut64 addr, ut32 byte_len, ut32 inst_len) {
+	rz_return_val_if_fail(core && (byte_len || inst_len), NULL);
+
+	// cbytes in disasm_options decides whether byte_len constrains inst_len
+	bool cbytes = true;
+
+	if (byte_len == 0) {
+		cbytes = false;
+		byte_len = inst_len;
+	}
+
+	if (inst_len == 0) {
+		inst_len = byte_len;
+	}
+
 	ut8 *block = malloc(byte_len + 1);
 	if (!block) {
 		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Cannot allocate buffer\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	rz_io_read_at(core->io, addr, block, byte_len);
+	if (rz_io_nread_at(core->io, addr, block, byte_len) == -1) {
+		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Fail to read from 0x%" PFMT64x ".", addr);
+		free(block);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	RzCoreDisasmOptions disasm_options = {
-		.cbytes = true,
+		.cbytes = cbytes,
 	};
 
 	rz_cons_push();
-	rz_core_print_disasm(core, addr, block, byte_len, 9999, NULL, &disasm_options);
+	rz_core_print_disasm(core, addr, block, byte_len, inst_len, NULL, &disasm_options);
 	rz_cons_filter();
 	const char *cons_str = rz_str_get(rz_cons_get_buffer());
 	char *ret = strdup(cons_str);
@@ -616,7 +638,7 @@ RZ_API RZ_OWN char *rz_core_print_disasm_strings(RZ_NONNULL RzCore *core, RzCore
 	case RZ_CORE_DISASM_STRINGS_MODE_BLOCK: {
 		RzAnalysisBlock *bb = rz_analysis_find_most_relevant_block_in(core->analysis, core->offset);
 		if (bb) {
-			dump_string = cons_dis_n_bytes(core, bb->addr, bb->size);
+			dump_string = cons_disassembly(core, bb->addr, bb->size, 0);
 			if (!dump_string) {
 				goto restore_conf;
 			}
@@ -637,12 +659,15 @@ RZ_API RZ_OWN char *rz_core_print_disasm_strings(RZ_NONNULL RzCore *core, RzCore
 		break;
 	}
 	case RZ_CORE_DISASM_STRINGS_MODE_INST: {
-		dump_string = rz_core_cmd_strf(core, "pd %d", core->blocksize);
+		dump_string = cons_disassembly(core, core->offset, 0, core->blocksize);
+		if (!dump_string) {
+			goto restore_conf;
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	case RZ_CORE_DISASM_STRINGS_MODE_BYTES:
 	default: {
-		dump_string = cons_dis_n_bytes(core, core->offset, n_bytes);
+		dump_string = cons_disassembly(core, core->offset, n_bytes, 0);
 		if (!dump_string) {
 			goto restore_conf;
 		}
diff --git a/librz/include/rz_core.h b/librz/include/rz_core.h
index f40332cb6e8..166950e579f 100644
--- a/librz/include/rz_core.h
+++ b/librz/include/rz_core.h
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ typedef struct rz_core_asm_hit {
  */
 typedef struct rz_core_disasm_options {
 	int invbreak;
-	int cbytes;
+	int cbytes; ///< set false to ignore the constraint of \p len and print \p nlines instructions in rz_core_print_disasm
 	RzAnalysisFunction *function; ///< Disassemble a function
 	RzPVector /*<RzAnalysisDisasmText *>*/ *vec; ///< Not print, but append as RzPVector<RzAnalysisDisasmText>
 } RzCoreDisasmOptions;
diff --git a/test/db/cmd/cmd_0 b/test/db/cmd/cmd_0
index 9fd4a1bb4ae..ba5f104c78c 100644
--- a/test/db/cmd/cmd_0
+++ b/test/db/cmd/cmd_0
@@ -250,13 +250,6 @@ EXPECT=<<EOF
 EOF
 RUN
 
-NAME=pds 0
-FILE=bins/elf/analysis/hello-arm32
-CMDS=pds 0
-EXPECT=<<EOF
-EOF
-RUN
-
 NAME=pdt 0
 FILE=bins/elf/analysis/hello-arm32
 CMDS=pdt 0
diff --git a/test/db/cmd/cmd_pd b/test/db/cmd/cmd_pd
index c0d5ad21a38..145dab656d1 100644
--- a/test/db/cmd/cmd_pd
+++ b/test/db/cmd/cmd_pd
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ s sym.func.100004401
 af
 afn newname
 s entry0
-pds
+pds 0x420
 EOF
 EXPECT=<<EOF
 0x100001085 call newname