1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c
index cd8df086e..bdbd39ac2 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c
@@ -692,9 +692,9 @@ unpack_bz2_stream(int src_fd, int dst_fd)
 IF_DESKTOP(long long) int FAST_FUNC
 unpack_bz2_stream_prime(int src_fd, int dst_fd)
 {
-        unsigned char magic[2];
-        xread(src_fd, magic, 2);
-        if (magic[0] != 'B' || magic[1] != 'Z') {
+        uint16_t magic2;
+        xread(src_fd, &magic2, 2);
+        if (magic2 != BZIP2_MAGIC) {
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid magic");
         }
         return unpack_bz2_stream(src_fd, dst_fd);