diff --git a/lib/std/compress/lzma.zig b/lib/std/compress/lzma.zig
index ff05bc1c8b..aa35c3ffa9 100644
--- a/lib/std/compress/lzma.zig
+++ b/lib/std/compress/lzma.zig
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub fn Decompress(comptime ReaderType: type) type {
             const input = self.to_read.items;
             const n = @min(input.len, output.len);
             @memcpy(output[0..n], input[0..n]);
-            @memcpy(input[0 .. input.len - n], input[n..]);
+            std.mem.copyForwards(u8, input[0 .. input.len - n], input[n..]);
             self.to_read.shrinkRetainingCapacity(input.len - n);
             return n;
         }
diff --git a/lib/std/compress/lzma/test.zig b/lib/std/compress/lzma/test.zig
index c85090730f..eafb91b6bb 100644
--- a/lib/std/compress/lzma/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/compress/lzma/test.zig
@@ -87,3 +87,13 @@ test "too small uncompressed size in header" {
         @embedFile("testdata/bad-too_small_size-without_eopm-3.lzma"),
     );
 }
+
+test "reading one byte" {
+    const compressed = @embedFile("testdata/good-known_size-with_eopm.lzma");
+    var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(compressed);
+    var decompressor = try lzma.decompress(std.testing.allocator, stream.reader());
+    defer decompressor.deinit();
+
+    var buffer = [1]u8{0};
+    _ = try decompressor.read(buffer[0..]);
+}