diff --git a/libntfs/compress.c b/libntfs/compress.c
index 62d1f7f2..e960af98 100644
--- a/libntfs/compress.c
+++ b/libntfs/compress.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ do_next_tag:
 	tag = *cb++;
 	/* Parse the eight tokens described by the tag. */
 	for (token = 0; token < 8; token++, tag >>= 1) {
-		u16 lg, pt, length, max_non_overlap;
+		u16 lg, pt, length;
 		register u16 i;
 		u8 *dest_back_addr;
 
@@ -214,27 +214,8 @@ do_next_tag:
 		/* Verify destination is in range. */
 		if (dest + length > dest_sb_end)
 			goto return_overflow;
-		/* The number of non-overlapping bytes. */
-		max_non_overlap = dest - dest_back_addr;
-		if (length <= max_non_overlap) {
-			/* The byte sequence doesn't overlap, just copy it. */
-			memcpy(dest, dest_back_addr, length);
-			/* Advance destination pointer. */
-			dest += length;
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * The byte sequence does overlap, copy non-overlapping
-			 * part and then do a slow byte by byte copy for the
-			 * overlapping part. Also, advance the destination
-			 * pointer.
-			 */
-			memcpy(dest, dest_back_addr, max_non_overlap);
-			dest += max_non_overlap;
-			dest_back_addr += max_non_overlap;
-			length -= max_non_overlap;
-			while (length--)
-				*dest++ = *dest_back_addr++;
-		}
+		/* memmove() is safe with overlapping blocks. */
+		memmove(dest, dest_back_addr, length);
 		/* Advance source position and continue with the next token. */
 		cb += 2;
 	}