diff --git a/AK/String.cpp b/AK/String.cpp
index 52cfe7e3716..1ae9923ecab 100644
--- a/AK/String.cpp
+++ b/AK/String.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace AK {
 
 String String::from_utf8_with_replacement_character(StringView view, WithBOMHandling with_bom_handling)
 {
-    if (auto bytes = view.bytes(); with_bom_handling == WithBOMHandling::Yes && bytes.size() >= 3 && bytes[0] == 0xEF && bytes[1] == 0xBB && bytes[2] == 0xBF)
+    if (auto bytes = view.bytes(); with_bom_handling == WithBOMHandling::Yes && bytes.starts_with({ { 0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF } }))
         view = view.substring_view(3);
 
     if (Utf8View(view).validate())