diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index f315d75eee2..566e37c9d88 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -4687,7 +4687,8 @@ static size_t ZSTD_loadDictionaryContent(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
     }
 
     /* If the dict is larger than we can reasonably index in our tables, only load the suffix. */
-    {   U32 maxDictSize = 8U * (1U << MIN(MAX(params->cParams.hashLog, params->cParams.chainLog), 28));
+    if (params->cParams.strategy < ZSTD_btultra) {
+        U32 maxDictSize = 8U << MIN(MAX(params->cParams.hashLog, params->cParams.chainLog), 27);
         if (srcSize > maxDictSize) {
             ip = iend - maxDictSize;
             src = ip;