diff --git a/lib/compress/fse_compress.c b/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
index a42759814..5290a918b 100644
--- a/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
@@ -678,7 +678,10 @@ size_t FSE_compress_wksp (void* dst, size_t dstSize, const void* src, size_t src
 
 typedef struct {
     FSE_CTable CTable_max[FSE_CTABLE_SIZE_U32(FSE_MAX_TABLELOG, FSE_MAX_SYMBOL_VALUE)];
-    BYTE scratchBuffer[1 << FSE_MAX_TABLELOG];
+    union {
+      U32 hist_wksp[HIST_WKSP_SIZE_U32];
+      BYTE scratchBuffer[1 << FSE_MAX_TABLELOG];
+    } workspace;
 } fseWkspMax_t;
 
 size_t FSE_compress2 (void* dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void* src, size_t srcSize, unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned tableLog)