diff --git a/lib/decompress.c b/lib/decompress.c
index 37f3c786348f21a233c7f8dc486d8ef3124e8dba..528ff932d8e445ae9e19940d4f13cd20c0273bc7 100644
--- a/lib/decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct compress_format {
 };
 
 static const struct compress_format compressed_formats[] __initconst = {
-	{ {037, 0213}, "gzip", gunzip },
-	{ {037, 0236}, "gzip", gunzip },
+	{ {0x1f, 0x8b}, "gzip", gunzip },
+	{ {0x1f, 0x9e}, "gzip", gunzip },
 	{ {0x42, 0x5a}, "bzip2", bunzip2 },
 	{ {0x5d, 0x00}, "lzma", unlzma },
 	{ {0xfd, 0x37}, "xz", unxz },