diff --git a/fse/decompress.go b/fse/decompress.go
index fde6cf4caf..413ec3b3cd 100644
--- a/fse/decompress.go
+++ b/fse/decompress.go
@@ -281,8 +281,12 @@ func (s *Scratch) decompress() error {
 			tmp[off+2] = s1.nextFast()
 			tmp[off+3] = s2.nextFast()
 			off += 4
+			// When off is 0, we have overflowed and should write.
 			if off == 0 {
 				s.Out = append(s.Out, tmp...)
+				if len(s.Out) >= s.DecompressLimit {
+					return fmt.Errorf("output size (%d) > DecompressLimit (%d)", len(s.Out), s.DecompressLimit)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ func (s *Scratch) decompress() error {
 			off += 4
 			if off == 0 {
 				s.Out = append(s.Out, tmp...)
-				off = 0
+				// When off is 0, we have overflowed and should write.
 				if len(s.Out) >= s.DecompressLimit {
 					return fmt.Errorf("output size (%d) > DecompressLimit (%d)", len(s.Out), s.DecompressLimit)
 				}
diff --git a/fse/fse_test.go b/fse/fse_test.go
index a18292a4f5..9bcc088c2c 100644
--- a/fse/fse_test.go
+++ b/fse/fse_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var decTestfiles = []struct {
 	{name: "crash4", fn: func() ([]byte, error) { return ioutil.ReadFile("../testdata/crash4.bin") }, err: "symbolLen (1) too small"},
 	{name: "crash5", fn: func() ([]byte, error) { return ioutil.ReadFile("../testdata/crash5.bin") }, err: "symbolLen (1) too small"},
 	{name: "crash6", fn: func() ([]byte, error) { return ioutil.ReadFile("../testdata/dec-crash6.bin") }, err: "newState (32768) outside table size (32768)"},
+	{name: "something", fn: func() ([]byte, error) { return ioutil.ReadFile("../testdata/fse-artifact3.bin") }, err: "output size (1048576) > DecompressLimit (1048576)"},
 }
 
 func TestCompress(t *testing.T) {
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func TestDecompress(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range decTestfiles {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var s Scratch
+			s.DecompressLimit = 1 << 20
 			buf0, err := test.fn()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/testdata/fse-artifact3.bin b/testdata/fse-artifact3.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0607a9e74e
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/fse-artifact3.bin differ