diff --git a/tests/decodecorpus.c b/tests/decodecorpus.c
index 5cc21a5db..2c2276004 100644
--- a/tests/decodecorpus.c
+++ b/tests/decodecorpus.c
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static size_t writeLiteralsBlock(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, size_t contentSize)
 
 static inline void initSeqStore(seqStore_t *seqStore) {
     seqStore->maxNbSeq = MAX_NB_SEQ;
+    seqStore->maxNbLit = ZSTD_BLOCKSIZE_MAX;
     seqStore->sequencesStart = SEQUENCE_BUFFER;
     seqStore->litStart = SEQUENCE_LITERAL_BUFFER;
     seqStore->llCode = SEQUENCE_LLCODE;