diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
index 4bccf015..77c6da64 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ ZSTD_selectEncodingType(
     return set_compressed;
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+    S16 norm[MaxSeq + 1];
+    U32 wksp[FSE_BUILD_CTABLE_WORKSPACE_SIZE_U32(MaxSeq, MaxFSELog)];
+} ZSTD_BuildCTableWksp;
+
 size_t
 ZSTD_buildCTable(void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
                 FSE_CTable* nextCTable, U32 FSELog, symbolEncodingType_e type,
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ ZSTD_buildCTable(void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
         FORWARD_IF_ERROR(FSE_buildCTable_wksp(nextCTable, defaultNorm, defaultMax, defaultNormLog, entropyWorkspace, entropyWorkspaceSize), "");  /* note : could be pre-calculated */
         return 0;
     case set_compressed: {
-        S16 norm[MaxSeq + 1];
+        ZSTD_BuildCTableWksp* wksp = (ZSTD_BuildCTableWksp*)entropyWorkspace;
         size_t nbSeq_1 = nbSeq;
         const U32 tableLog = FSE_optimalTableLog(FSELog, nbSeq, max);
         if (count[codeTable[nbSeq-1]] > 1) {
@@ -266,11 +271,12 @@ ZSTD_buildCTable(void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
             nbSeq_1--;
         }
         assert(nbSeq_1 > 1);
-        assert(entropyWorkspaceSize >= FSE_BUILD_CTABLE_WORKSPACE_SIZE(MaxSeq, MaxFSELog));
-        FORWARD_IF_ERROR(FSE_normalizeCount(norm, tableLog, count, nbSeq_1, max, ZSTD_useLowProbCount(nbSeq_1)), "");
-        {   size_t const NCountSize = FSE_writeNCount(op, oend - op, norm, max, tableLog);   /* overflow protected */
+        assert(entropyWorkspaceSize >= sizeof(ZSTD_BuildCTableWksp));
+        (void)entropyWorkspaceSize;
+        FORWARD_IF_ERROR(FSE_normalizeCount(wksp->norm, tableLog, count, nbSeq_1, max, ZSTD_useLowProbCount(nbSeq_1)), "");
+        {   size_t const NCountSize = FSE_writeNCount(op, oend - op, wksp->norm, max, tableLog);   /* overflow protected */
             FORWARD_IF_ERROR(NCountSize, "FSE_writeNCount failed");
-            FORWARD_IF_ERROR(FSE_buildCTable_wksp(nextCTable, norm, max, tableLog, entropyWorkspace, entropyWorkspaceSize), "");
+            FORWARD_IF_ERROR(FSE_buildCTable_wksp(nextCTable, wksp->norm, max, tableLog, wksp->wksp, sizeof(wksp->wksp)), "");
             return NCountSize;
         }
     }