diff --git a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
index 8e2b84a236..3babf25001 100644
--- a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
+++ b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ typedef enum { bt_raw, bt_rle, bt_compressed, bt_reserved } blockType_e;
 #define ZSTD_FRAMECHECKSUMSIZE 4
 
 #define MIN_SEQUENCES_SIZE 1 /* nbSeq==0 */
-#define MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE (1 /*litCSize*/ + 1 /* RLE or RAW */ + MIN_SEQUENCES_SIZE /* nbSeq==0 */)   /* for a non-null block */
+#define MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE (1 /*litCSize*/ + 1 /* RLE or RAW */)   /* for a non-null block */
 
 typedef enum { set_basic, set_rle, set_compressed, set_repeat } symbolEncodingType_e;
 
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index e43bbec44f..3ba38d4684 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -2817,7 +2817,9 @@ static size_t ZSTD_buildSeqStore(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, const void* src, size_t srcSize)
     assert(srcSize <= ZSTD_BLOCKSIZE_MAX);
     /* Assert that we have correctly flushed the ctx params into the ms's copy */
     ZSTD_assertEqualCParams(zc->appliedParams.cParams, ms->cParams);
-    if (srcSize < MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE+ZSTD_blockHeaderSize+1) {
+    /* TODO: See 3090. We reduced MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE from 3 to 2 so to compensate we are adding
+     * additional 1. We need to revisit and change this logic to be more consistent */
+    if (srcSize < MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE+ZSTD_blockHeaderSize+1+1) {
         if (zc->appliedParams.cParams.strategy >= ZSTD_btopt) {
             ZSTD_ldm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes(&zc->externSeqStore, srcSize);
         } else {
@@ -3954,7 +3956,9 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compress_frameChunk(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
         ZSTD_matchState_t* const ms = &cctx->blockState.matchState;
         U32 const lastBlock = lastFrameChunk & (blockSize >= remaining);
 
-        RETURN_ERROR_IF(dstCapacity < ZSTD_blockHeaderSize + MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE,
+        /* TODO: See 3090. We reduced MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE from 3 to 2 so to compensate we are adding
+         * additional 1. We need to revisit and change this logic to be more consistent */
+        RETURN_ERROR_IF(dstCapacity < ZSTD_blockHeaderSize + MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE + 1,
                         dstSize_tooSmall,
                         "not enough space to store compressed block");
         if (remaining < blockSize) blockSize = remaining;
@@ -6151,7 +6155,9 @@ ZSTD_compressSequences_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
         blockSize -= additionalByteAdjustment;
 
         /* If blocks are too small, emit as a nocompress block */
-        if (blockSize < MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE+ZSTD_blockHeaderSize+1) {
+        /* TODO: See 3090. We reduced MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE from 3 to 2 so to compensate we are adding
+         * additional 1. We need to revisit and change this logic to be more consistent */
+        if (blockSize < MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE+ZSTD_blockHeaderSize+1+1) {
             cBlockSize = ZSTD_noCompressBlock(op, dstCapacity, ip, blockSize, lastBlock);
             FORWARD_IF_ERROR(cBlockSize, "Nocompress block failed");
             DEBUGLOG(5, "Block too small, writing out nocompress block: cSize: %zu", cBlockSize);
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
index 7c046dab50..5daa135377 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_decodeLiteralsBlock(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
             ZSTD_FALLTHROUGH;
 
         case set_compressed:
-            RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize < 5, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 3; here we need up to 5 for case 3");
+            RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize < 5, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 2; here we need up to 5 for case 3");
             {   size_t lhSize, litSize, litCSize;
                 U32 singleStream=0;
                 U32 const lhlCode = (istart[0] >> 2) & 3;
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_decodeLiteralsBlock(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
                     break;
                 case 3:
                     lhSize = 3;
+                    RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize<3, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 2; here we need lhSize = 3");
                     litSize = MEM_readLE24(istart) >> 4;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -280,12 +281,13 @@ size_t ZSTD_decodeLiteralsBlock(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
                     break;
                 case 1:
                     lhSize = 2;
+                    RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize<3, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 2; here we need lhSize+1 = 3");
                     litSize = MEM_readLE16(istart) >> 4;
                     break;
                 case 3:
                     lhSize = 3;
+                    RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize<4, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 2; here we need lhSize+1 = 4");
                     litSize = MEM_readLE24(istart) >> 4;
-                    RETURN_ERROR_IF(srcSize<4, corruption_detected, "srcSize >= MIN_CBLOCK_SIZE == 3; here we need lhSize+1 = 4");
                     break;
                 }
                 RETURN_ERROR_IF(litSize > 0 && dst == NULL, dstSize_tooSmall, "NULL not handled");
diff --git a/tests/golden-decompression/empty-block.zst b/tests/golden-decompression/empty-block.zst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a3782aff0
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/golden-decompression/empty-block.zst differ
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index 873c3c672c..50aef5df5a 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -418,8 +418,11 @@ println "\n===>  decompression only tests "
 dd bs=1048576 count=1 if=/dev/zero of=tmp
 zstd -d -o tmp1 "$TESTDIR/golden-decompression/rle-first-block.zst"
 $DIFF -s tmp1 tmp
-rm -f tmp*
 
+touch tmp_empty
+zstd -d -o tmp2 "$TESTDIR/golden-decompression/empty-block.zst"
+$DIFF -s tmp2 tmp_empty
+rm -f tmp*
 
 println "\n===>  compress multiple files"
 println hello > tmp1