diff --git a/doc/zstd_manual.html b/doc/zstd_manual.html
index dd6f9d7ab..ecb2b622c 100644
--- a/doc/zstd_manual.html
+++ b/doc/zstd_manual.html
@@ -1421,7 +1421,8 @@ ZSTD_compressSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
 ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
                       void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
                 const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t nbSequences,
-                const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t srcSize);
+                const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t litCapacity,
+                size_t decompressedSize);
 </b><p> This is a variant of ZSTD_compressSequences() which,
  instead of receiving (src,srcSize) as input parameter, receives (literals,litSize),
  aka all the literals, already extracted and laid out into a single continuous buffer.
@@ -1434,7 +1435,8 @@ ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
  - Not compatible with frame checksum, which must be disabled
  - If any block is incompressible, will fail and return an error
  - @litSize must be == sum of all @.litLength fields in @inSeqs. Any discrepancy will generate an error.
- - the buffer @literals must be larger than @litSize by at least 8 bytes.
+ - the buffer @literals must have a size @litCapacity which is larger than @litSize by at least 8 bytes.
+ - @decompressedSize must be correct, and correspond to the sum of all Sequences. Any discrepancy will generate an error.
  @return : final compressed size, or a ZSTD error code.
  
 </p></pre><BR>
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index b5831650f..b5e88325d 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -7306,7 +7306,8 @@ size_t
 ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
                     void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
                     const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
-                    const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t srcSize)
+                    const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t litCapacity,
+                    size_t decompressedSize)
 {
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     size_t cSize = 0;
@@ -7314,7 +7315,10 @@ ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
     /* Transparent initialization stage, same as compressStream2() */
     DEBUGLOG(4, "ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals (dstCapacity=%zu)", dstCapacity);
     assert(cctx != NULL);
-    FORWARD_IF_ERROR(ZSTD_CCtx_init_compressStream2(cctx, ZSTD_e_end, srcSize), "CCtx initialization failed");
+    if (litCapacity < litSize) {
+        RETURN_ERROR(workSpace_tooSmall, "literals buffer is not large enough: must be at least 8 bytes larger than litSize (risk of read out-of-bound)");
+    }
+    FORWARD_IF_ERROR(ZSTD_CCtx_init_compressStream2(cctx, ZSTD_e_end, decompressedSize), "CCtx initialization failed");
 
     if (cctx->appliedParams.blockDelimiters == ZSTD_sf_noBlockDelimiters) {
         RETURN_ERROR(frameParameter_unsupported, "This mode is only compatible with explicit delimiters");
@@ -7328,7 +7332,7 @@ ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
 
     /* Begin writing output, starting with frame header */
     {   size_t const frameHeaderSize = ZSTD_writeFrameHeader(op, dstCapacity,
-                    &cctx->appliedParams, srcSize, cctx->dictID);
+                    &cctx->appliedParams, decompressedSize, cctx->dictID);
         op += frameHeaderSize;
         assert(frameHeaderSize <= dstCapacity);
         dstCapacity -= frameHeaderSize;
@@ -7339,7 +7343,7 @@ ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
     {   size_t const cBlocksSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals_internal(cctx,
                                             op, dstCapacity,
                                             inSeqs, inSeqsSize,
-                                            literals, litSize, srcSize);
+                                            literals, litSize, decompressedSize);
         FORWARD_IF_ERROR(cBlocksSize, "Compressing blocks failed!");
         cSize += cBlocksSize;
         assert(cBlocksSize <= dstCapacity);
diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h
index feb1ae17a..36668b85b 100644
--- a/lib/zstd.h
+++ b/lib/zstd.h
@@ -1678,14 +1678,16 @@ ZSTD_compressSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
  * - Not compatible with frame checksum, which must be disabled
  * - If any block is incompressible, will fail and return an error
  * - @litSize must be == sum of all @.litLength fields in @inSeqs. Any discrepancy will generate an error.
- * - the buffer @literals must be larger than @litSize by at least 8 bytes.
+ * - the buffer @literals must have a size @litCapacity which is larger than @litSize by at least 8 bytes.
+ * - @decompressedSize must be correct, and correspond to the sum of all Sequences. Any discrepancy will generate an error.
  * @return : final compressed size, or a ZSTD error code.
  */
 ZSTDLIB_STATIC_API size_t
 ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
                                   void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
                             const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t nbSequences,
-                            const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t srcSize);
+                            const void* literals, size_t litSize, size_t litCapacity,
+                            size_t decompressedSize);
 
 
 /*! ZSTD_writeSkippableFrame() :
diff --git a/tests/fullbench.c b/tests/fullbench.c
index 05d6bf027..5683eca25 100644
--- a/tests/fullbench.c
+++ b/tests/fullbench.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ local_compressSequencesAndLiterals(const void* input, size_t inputSize,
                                     void* payload)
 {
     const char* ip = input;
-    size_t srcSize = MEM_read32(ip);
+    size_t decompressedSize = MEM_read32(ip);
     size_t nbSeqs = MEM_read32(ip+=4);
     size_t nbLiterals = MEM_read32(ip+=4);
     const ZSTD_Sequence* seqs = (const ZSTD_Sequence*)(const void*)(ip+=4);
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ local_compressSequencesAndLiterals(const void* input, size_t inputSize,
     assert(12 + nbSeqs * sizeof(ZSTD_Sequence) + nbLiterals == inputSize); (void)inputSize;
     (void)payload;
 
-    return ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(g_zcc, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, literals, nbLiterals, srcSize);
+    return ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(g_zcc, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, literals, nbLiterals, nbLiterals + 8, decompressedSize);
 }
 
 static PrepResult prepConvertSequences(const void* src, size_t srcSize, int cLevel)
diff --git a/tests/fuzzer.c b/tests/fuzzer.c
index 335fbd5c4..6d165aea4 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzer.c
+++ b/tests/fuzzer.c
@@ -3909,35 +3909,35 @@ static int basicUnitTests(U32 const seed, double compressibility)
             FUZ_transferLiterals(litBuffer, decompressSize, CNBuffer, srcSize, seqs, nbSeqs);
 
             /* not enough literals: must fail */
-            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, src, litSize-1, srcSize);
+            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, src, litSize-1, decompressSize, srcSize);
             if (!ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
                 DISPLAY("ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals() should have failed: not enough literals provided\n");
                 goto _output_error;
             }
 
             /* too many literals: must fail */
-            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, src, litSize+1, srcSize);
+            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, src, litSize+1, decompressSize, srcSize);
             if (!ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
                 DISPLAY("ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals() should have failed: too many literals provided\n");
                 goto _output_error;
             }
 
             /* srcSize too large: must fail */
-            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, srcSize+1);
+            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, decompressSize, srcSize+1);
             if (!ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
                 DISPLAY("ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals() should have failed: srcSize is too large\n");
                 goto _output_error;
             }
 
             /* srcSize too small: must fail */
-            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, srcSize-1);
+            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, decompressSize, srcSize-1);
             if (!ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
                 DISPLAY("ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals() should have failed: srcSize is too small\n");
                 goto _output_error;
             }
 
             /* correct amount of literals: should compress successfully */
-            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, srcSize);
+            compressedSize = ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals(cctx, dst, dstCapacity, seqs, nbSeqs, litBuffer, litSize, decompressSize, srcSize);
             if (ZSTD_isError(compressedSize)) {
                 DISPLAY("Error in ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals()\n");
                 goto _output_error;