diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index a8856cd1..35346b92 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -2771,7 +2771,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_checkDictNCount(short* normalizedCounter, unsigned dictMaxSym
 /*! ZSTD_loadZstdDictionary() :
  * @return : dictID, or an error code
  *  assumptions : magic number supposed already checked
- *                dictSize supposed > 8
+ *                dictSize supposed >= 8
  */
 static size_t ZSTD_loadZstdDictionary(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t* bs,
                                       ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_loadZstdDictionary(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t* bs,
     size_t dictID;
 
     ZSTD_STATIC_ASSERT(HUF_WORKSPACE_SIZE >= (1<<MAX(MLFSELog,LLFSELog)));
-    assert(dictSize > 8);
+    assert(dictSize >= 8);
     assert(MEM_readLE32(dictPtr) == ZSTD_MAGIC_DICTIONARY);
 
     dictPtr += 4;   /* skip magic number */
@@ -2890,7 +2890,10 @@ ZSTD_compress_insertDictionary(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t* bs,
                                void* workspace)
 {
     DEBUGLOG(4, "ZSTD_compress_insertDictionary (dictSize=%u)", (U32)dictSize);
-    if ((dict==NULL) || (dictSize<=8)) return 0;
+    if ((dict==NULL) || (dictSize<8)) {
+        RETURN_ERROR_IF(dictContentType == ZSTD_dct_fullDict, dictionary_wrong);
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     ZSTD_reset_compressedBlockState(bs);
 
@@ -2942,7 +2945,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBegin_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
 
     FORWARD_IF_ERROR( ZSTD_resetCCtx_internal(cctx, *params, pledgedSrcSize,
                                      ZSTDcrp_makeClean, zbuff) );
-    {   size_t const dictID = cdict ? 
+    {   size_t const dictID = cdict ?
                 ZSTD_compress_insertDictionary(
                         cctx->blockState.prevCBlock, &cctx->blockState.matchState,
                         &cctx->workspace, params, cdict->dictContent, cdict->dictContentSize,
@@ -3219,7 +3222,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_initCDict_internal(
         ZSTDirp_reset,
         ZSTD_resetTarget_CDict));
     /* (Maybe) load the dictionary
-     * Skips loading the dictionary if it is <= 8 bytes.
+     * Skips loading the dictionary if it is < 8 bytes.
      */
     {   ZSTD_CCtx_params params;
         memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
index ca47a667..dd4591b7 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ ZSTD_loadDEntropy(ZSTD_entropyDTables_t* entropy,
         size_t const dictContentSize = (size_t)(dictEnd - (dictPtr+12));
         for (i=0; i<3; i++) {
             U32 const rep = MEM_readLE32(dictPtr); dictPtr += 4;
-            RETURN_ERROR_IF(rep==0 || rep >= dictContentSize,
+            RETURN_ERROR_IF(rep==0 || rep > dictContentSize,
                             dictionary_corrupted);
             entropy->rep[i] = rep;
     }   }
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_DCtx_loadDictionary_advanced(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
 {
     RETURN_ERROR_IF(dctx->streamStage != zdss_init, stage_wrong);
     ZSTD_clearDict(dctx);
-    if (dict && dictSize >= 8) {
+    if (dict && dictSize != 0) {
         dctx->ddictLocal = ZSTD_createDDict_advanced(dict, dictSize, dictLoadMethod, dictContentType, dctx->customMem);
         RETURN_ERROR_IF(dctx->ddictLocal == NULL, memory_allocation);
         dctx->ddict = dctx->ddictLocal;
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/Makefile b/tests/fuzz/Makefile
index 41b634ca..f66dadef 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/Makefile
+++ b/tests/fuzz/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGETS :=       \
 	dictionary_decompress \
 	zstd_frame_info \
 	simple_compress \
-	dict_loader
+	dictionary_loader
 
 all: $(FUZZ_TARGETS)