diff --git a/lzma/bytereader.go b/lzma/bytereader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d74840b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lzma/bytereader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package lzma
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+func limitByteReader(br io.ByteReader, n int64) *limitedByteReader {
+	return &limitedByteReader{
+		BR: br,
+		N:  n,
+	}
+}
+
+type limitedByteReader struct {
+	BR io.ByteReader
+	N  int64
+}
+
+func (r *limitedByteReader) ReadByte() (b byte, err error) {
+	if r.N <= 0 {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	b, err = r.BR.ReadByte()
+	if err == nil {
+		r.N -= 1
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/lzma/reader2.go b/lzma/reader2.go
index f36e265..0c47adc 100644
--- a/lzma/reader2.go
+++ b/lzma/reader2.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (r *Reader2) startChunk() error {
 		r.chunkReader = r.ur
 		return nil
 	}
-	br := ByteReader(io.LimitReader(r.r, int64(header.compressed)+1))
+	br := limitByteReader(ByteReader(r.r), int64(header.compressed)+1)
 	if r.decoder == nil {
 		state := newState(header.props)
 		r.decoder, err = newDecoder(br, state, r.dict, size)