diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index 43cfedc9c..62a407bb3 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -2333,8 +2333,8 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
 
     if (frame &&
         /* We don't want to emit our first block as a RLE even if it qualifies because
-         * doing so will cause the decoder to throw a "should consume all input error."
-         * https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/programs/fileio.c#L1723
+         * doing so will cause the decoder (cli only) to throw a "should consume all input error."
+         * This is only an issue for zstd <= v1.4.3
          */
         !zc->isFirstBlock &&
         cSize < rleMaxLength &&
diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index 20e2ee2a1..8a45563d4 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -1719,11 +1719,6 @@ static unsigned long long FIO_decompressZstdFrame(
         }
 
         if (readSizeHint == 0) break;   /* end of frame */
-        if (inBuff.size != inBuff.pos) {
-            DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "%s : Decoding error (37) : should consume entire input \n",
-                            srcFileName);
-            return FIO_ERROR_FRAME_DECODING;
-        }
 
         /* Fill input buffer */
         {   size_t const toDecode = MIN(readSizeHint, ress->srcBufferSize);  /* support large skippable frames */
diff --git a/tests/files/huffman-compressed-larger b/tests/golden-compression/huffman-compressed-larger
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/files/huffman-compressed-larger
rename to tests/golden-compression/huffman-compressed-larger
diff --git a/tests/golden-decompression/rle-first-block.zst b/tests/golden-decompression/rle-first-block.zst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd067edd7
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/golden-decompression/rle-first-block.zst differ
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index 19fc514f6..5a47ceb5e 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ $ZSTD -f tmp && die "attempt to compress a non existing file"
 test -f tmp.zst  # destination file should still be present
 rm tmp*
 
+println "\n===> decompression only tests "
+head -c 1048576 /dev/zero > tmp
+$ZSTD -d -o tmp1 "$TESTDIR/golden-decompression/rle-first-block.zst"
+$DIFF -s tmp1 tmp
+rm tmp*
 
 println "test : compress multiple files"
 println hello > tmp1
@@ -638,8 +643,8 @@ $ZSTD -t tmpSplit.* && die "bad file not detected !"
 
 println "\n===>  golden files tests "
 
-$ZSTD -t -r "$TESTDIR/files"
-$ZSTD -c -r "$TESTDIR/files" | $ZSTD -t
+$ZSTD -t -r "$TESTDIR/golden-compression"
+$ZSTD -c -r "$TESTDIR/golden-compression" | $ZSTD -t
 
 
 println "\n===>  benchmark mode tests "