diff --git a/lib/common/fse_decompress.c b/lib/common/fse_decompress.c
index 1e1c9f92d6b..f9bee931f1b 100644
--- a/lib/common/fse_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/common/fse_decompress.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static size_t FSE_buildDTable_internal(FSE_DTable* dt, const short* normalizedCo
                     symbolNext[s] = 1;
                 } else {
                     if (normalizedCounter[s] >= largeLimit) DTableH.fastMode=0;
-                    symbolNext[s] = normalizedCounter[s];
+                    symbolNext[s] = (U16)normalizedCounter[s];
         }   }   }
         ZSTD_memcpy(dt, &DTableH, sizeof(DTableH));
     }
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ static size_t FSE_buildDTable_internal(FSE_DTable* dt, const short* normalizedCo
          * all symbols have counts <= 8. We ensure we have 8 bytes at the end of
          * our buffer to handle the over-write.
          */
-        {
-            U64 const add = 0x0101010101010101ull;
+        {   U64 const add = 0x0101010101010101ull;
             size_t pos = 0;
             U64 sv = 0;
             U32 s;
@@ -111,9 +110,8 @@ static size_t FSE_buildDTable_internal(FSE_DTable* dt, const short* normalizedCo
                 for (i = 8; i < n; i += 8) {
                     MEM_write64(spread + pos + i, sv);
                 }
-                pos += n;
-            }
-        }
+                pos += (size_t)n;
+        }   }
         /* Now we spread those positions across the table.
          * The benefit of doing it in two stages is that we avoid the
          * variable size inner loop, which caused lots of branch misses.
@@ -232,12 +230,13 @@ FORCE_INLINE_TEMPLATE size_t FSE_decompress_usingDTable_generic(
             break;
     }   }
 
-    return op-ostart;
+    assert(op >= ostart);
+    return (size_t)(op-ostart);
 }
 
 typedef struct {
     short ncount[FSE_MAX_SYMBOL_VALUE + 1];
-    FSE_DTable dtable[1]; /* Dynamically sized */
+    FSE_DTable dtable[1]; /* actual size is dynamic - member just helps get a pointer easily */
 } FSE_DecompressWksp;
 
 
@@ -252,13 +251,14 @@ FORCE_INLINE_TEMPLATE size_t FSE_decompress_wksp_body(
     unsigned tableLog;
     unsigned maxSymbolValue = FSE_MAX_SYMBOL_VALUE;
     FSE_DecompressWksp* const wksp = (FSE_DecompressWksp*)workSpace;
+    FSE_DTable* const dtable = wksp->dtable;
 
     DEBUG_STATIC_ASSERT((FSE_MAX_SYMBOL_VALUE + 1) % 2 == 0);
     if (wkspSize < sizeof(*wksp)) return ERROR(GENERIC);
 
     /* normal FSE decoding mode */
-    {
-        size_t const NCountLength = FSE_readNCount_bmi2(wksp->ncount, &maxSymbolValue, &tableLog, istart, cSrcSize, bmi2);
+    {   size_t const NCountLength =
+            FSE_readNCount_bmi2(wksp->ncount, &maxSymbolValue, &tableLog, istart, cSrcSize, bmi2);
         if (FSE_isError(NCountLength)) return NCountLength;
         if (tableLog > maxLog) return ERROR(tableLog_tooLarge);
         assert(NCountLength <= cSrcSize);
@@ -271,16 +271,16 @@ FORCE_INLINE_TEMPLATE size_t FSE_decompress_wksp_body(
     workSpace = (BYTE*)workSpace + sizeof(*wksp) + FSE_DTABLE_SIZE(tableLog);
     wkspSize -= sizeof(*wksp) + FSE_DTABLE_SIZE(tableLog);
 
-    CHECK_F( FSE_buildDTable_internal(wksp->dtable, wksp->ncount, maxSymbolValue, tableLog, workSpace, wkspSize) );
+    CHECK_F( FSE_buildDTable_internal(dtable, wksp->ncount, maxSymbolValue, tableLog, workSpace, wkspSize) );
 
     {
-        const void* ptr = wksp->dtable;
+        const void* ptr = dtable;
         const FSE_DTableHeader* DTableH = (const FSE_DTableHeader*)ptr;
         const U32 fastMode = DTableH->fastMode;
 
         /* select fast mode (static) */
-        if (fastMode) return FSE_decompress_usingDTable_generic(dst, dstCapacity, ip, cSrcSize, wksp->dtable, 1);
-        return FSE_decompress_usingDTable_generic(dst, dstCapacity, ip, cSrcSize, wksp->dtable, 0);
+        if (fastMode) return FSE_decompress_usingDTable_generic(dst, dstCapacity, ip, cSrcSize, dtable, 1);
+        return FSE_decompress_usingDTable_generic(dst, dstCapacity, ip, cSrcSize, dtable, 0);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/compress/fse_compress.c b/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
index 5d3770808dd..158ba80ca94 100644
--- a/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/fse_compress.c
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ size_t FSE_NCountWriteBound(unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned tableLog)
     size_t const maxHeaderSize = (((maxSymbolValue+1) * tableLog
                                    + 4 /* bitCount initialized at 4 */
                                    + 2 /* first two symbols may use one additional bit each */) / 8)
-                                    + 1 /* round up to whole nb bytes */
-                                    + 2 /* additional two bytes for bitstream flush */;
+                                   + 1 /* round up to whole nb bytes */
+                                   + 2 /* additional two bytes for bitstream flush */;
     return maxSymbolValue ? maxHeaderSize : FSE_NCOUNTBOUND;  /* maxSymbolValue==0 ? use default */
 }
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ FSE_writeNCount_generic (void* header, size_t headerBufferSize,
     /* Init */
     remaining = tableSize+1;   /* +1 for extra accuracy */
     threshold = tableSize;
-    nbBits = tableLog+1;
+    nbBits = (int)tableLog+1;
 
     while ((symbol < alphabetSize) && (remaining>1)) {  /* stops at 1 */
         if (previousIs0) {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ FSE_writeNCount_generic (void* header, size_t headerBufferSize,
             }
             while (symbol >= start+3) {
                 start+=3;
-                bitStream += 3 << bitCount;
+                bitStream += 3U << bitCount;
                 bitCount += 2;
             }
             bitStream += (symbol-start) << bitCount;
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ FSE_writeNCount_generic (void* header, size_t headerBufferSize,
             count++;   /* +1 for extra accuracy */
             if (count>=threshold)
                 count += max;   /* [0..max[ [max..threshold[ (...) [threshold+max 2*threshold[ */
-            bitStream += count << bitCount;
+            bitStream += (U32)count << bitCount;
             bitCount  += nbBits;
             bitCount  -= (count<max);
             previousIs0  = (count==1);
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ FSE_writeNCount_generic (void* header, size_t headerBufferSize,
     out[1] = (BYTE)(bitStream>>8);
     out+= (bitCount+7) /8;
 
-    return (out-ostart);
+    assert(out >= ostart);
+    return (size_t)(out-ostart);
 }