diff --git a/archive/archive.go b/archive/archive.go
index 5d29ce8193..160ea0737e 100644
--- a/archive/archive.go
+++ b/archive/archive.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package archive
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"compress/bzip2"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"errors"
@@ -42,26 +43,16 @@ const (
 )
 
 func DetectCompression(source []byte) Compression {
-	sourceLen := len(source)
 	for compression, m := range map[Compression][]byte{
 		Bzip2: {0x42, 0x5A, 0x68},
 		Gzip:  {0x1F, 0x8B, 0x08},
 		Xz:    {0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A, 0x00},
 	} {
-		fail := false
-		if len(m) > sourceLen {
+		if len(source) < len(m) {
 			utils.Debugf("Len too short")
 			continue
 		}
-		i := 0
-		for _, b := range m {
-			if b != source[i] {
-				fail = true
-				break
-			}
-			i++
-		}
-		if !fail {
+		if bytes.Compare(m, source[:len(m)]) == 0 {
 			return compression
 		}
 	}