diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index 0c9d3ad17e0f..4d0b59fa5550 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -260,7 +260,11 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
 				}
 			}
 
-			memcpy(op, ip, length);
+			/*
+			 * supports overlapping memory regions; only matters
+			 * for in-place decompression scenarios
+			 */
+			LZ4_memmove(op, ip, length);
 			ip += length;
 			op += length;
 
diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h b/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
index 1a7fa9d9170f..369eb181d730 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_writeLE16(void *memPtr, U16 value)
 	return put_unaligned_le16(value, memPtr);
 }
 
+#define LZ4_memmove(dst, src, size) __builtin_memmove(dst, src, size)
+
 static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_copy8(void *dst, const void *src)
 {
 #if LZ4_ARCH64