diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index f434d7249..e2b9eb83d 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressStream2_c(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
                               ZSTD_EndDirective endOp);
 int ZSTD_rust_simpleCompress2Level(const void* cctx, size_t srcSize);
 int ZSTD_rust_simpleCompressStream2Level(const void* cctx, size_t srcSize);
+U32 ZSTD_rust_limitNextToUpdate(U32 curr, U32 nextToUpdate);
 void ZSTD_rust_reduceIndex(U32* hashTable, U32 hashSize,
                            U32* chainTable, U32 chainSize,
                            U32* hashTable3, U32 hashSize3,
@@ -4721,8 +4722,7 @@ static void ZSTD_rust_buildSeqStore_prepareMatchState(void* context,
         const BYTE* const istart = (const BYTE*)src;
         const U32 curr = (U32)(istart-base);
         if (sizeof(ptrdiff_t)==8) assert(istart - base < (ptrdiff_t)(U32)(-1));
-        if (curr > ms->nextToUpdate + 384)
-            ms->nextToUpdate = curr - MIN(192, (U32)(curr - ms->nextToUpdate - 384));
+        ms->nextToUpdate = ZSTD_rust_limitNextToUpdate(curr, ms->nextToUpdate);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/src/zstd_compress.rs b/rust/src/zstd_compress.rs
index 552c408f4..4d3d7e5f5 100644
--- a/rust/src/zstd_compress.rs
+++ b/rust/src/zstd_compress.rs
@@ -5238,6 +5238,26 @@ pub extern "C" fn ZSTD_rust_windowNeedOverflowCorrection(
     ) as u32
 }
 
+#[inline]
+fn limit_next_to_update(curr: u32, next_to_update: u32) -> u32 {
+    let const_gap = 384u32;
+    let const_step = 192u32;
+    if curr > next_to_update.wrapping_add(const_gap) {
+        curr.wrapping_sub(const_step.min(curr.wrapping_sub(next_to_update).wrapping_sub(const_gap)))
+    } else {
+        next_to_update
+    }
+}
+
+/// Limit a stale matchfinder update point after a very long match.
+///
+/// C computes the source index against its private window base; Rust owns the
+/// wrapping U32 threshold and bounded catch-up arithmetic.
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ZSTD_rust_limitNextToUpdate(curr: u32, next_to_update: u32) -> u32 {
+    limit_next_to_update(curr, next_to_update)
+}
+
 #[inline]
 fn next_input_size_hint(
     in_buffer_mode: c_int,
@@ -10803,6 +10823,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!window_need_overflow_correction(27, true, 1024, false));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn limit_next_to_update_preserves_threshold_and_bounded_catch_up() {
+        assert_eq!(limit_next_to_update(884, 500), 500);
+        assert_eq!(limit_next_to_update(885, 500), 884);
+        assert_eq!(limit_next_to_update(1000, 500), 884);
+        assert_eq!(limit_next_to_update(1200, 500), 1008);
+        assert_eq!(ZSTD_rust_limitNextToUpdate(300, u32::MAX - 100), 283);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn window_overflow_need_scales_the_frequency_with_correction_count() {
         assert!(window_can_overflow_correct(27, 3, 16, 0, 0));