diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index 32e486cd8..d1f716dcb 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_resetCCtx_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
                 zc->blockState.nextCBlock = (ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t*) ZSTD_cwksp_reserve_object(ws, sizeof(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t));
                 RETURN_ERROR_IF(zc->blockState.nextCBlock == NULL, memory_allocation, "couldn't allocate nextCBlock");
                 zc->entropyWorkspace = (U32*) ZSTD_cwksp_reserve_object(ws, ENTROPY_WORKSPACE_SIZE);
-                RETURN_ERROR_IF(zc->blockState.nextCBlock == NULL, memory_allocation, "couldn't allocate entropyWorkspace");
+                RETURN_ERROR_IF(zc->entropyWorkspace == NULL, memory_allocation, "couldn't allocate entropyWorkspace");
         }   }
 
         ZSTD_cwksp_clear(ws);