diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index 776362bc..6b7c178b 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static ZSTD_CCtx_params ZSTD_assignParamsToCCtxParams(
     ZSTD_CCtx_params ret = cctxParams;
     ret.cParams = params.cParams;
     ret.fParams = params.fParams;
+    ret.compressionLevel = ZSTD_CLEVEL_CUSTOM;
     return ret;
 }