diff --git a/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c b/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
index 11d47bfb62b4..18af6f48781a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
@@ -813,8 +813,7 @@ static int btrfsic_process_superblock_dev_mirror(
 	    (bh->b_data + (dev_bytenr & 4095));
 
 	if (btrfs_super_bytenr(super_tmp) != dev_bytenr ||
-	    strncmp((char *)(&(super_tmp->magic)), BTRFS_MAGIC,
-		    sizeof(super_tmp->magic)) ||
+	    super_tmp->magic != cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_MAGIC) ||
 	    memcmp(device->uuid, super_tmp->dev_item.uuid, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE) ||
 	    btrfs_super_nodesize(super_tmp) != state->metablock_size ||
 	    btrfs_super_leafsize(super_tmp) != state->metablock_size ||
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 961ff2986341..1679051f4d39 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *btrfs_path_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *btrfs_free_space_cachep;
 struct btrfs_ordered_sum;
 
-#define BTRFS_MAGIC "_BHRfS_M"
+#define BTRFS_MAGIC 0x4D5F53665248425FULL /* ascii _BHRfS_M, no null */
 
 #define BTRFS_MAX_MIRRORS 3
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e511d9f78c19..39ff34a62a24 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2407,8 +2407,7 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	sb->s_blocksize = sectorsize;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = blksize_bits(sectorsize);
 
-	if (strncmp((char *)(&disk_super->magic), BTRFS_MAGIC,
-		    sizeof(disk_super->magic))) {
+	if (disk_super->magic != cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_MAGIC)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: valid FS not found on %s\n", sb->s_id);
 		goto fail_sb_buffer;
 	}
@@ -2815,8 +2814,7 @@ struct buffer_head *btrfs_read_dev_super(struct block_device *bdev)
 
 		super = (struct btrfs_super_block *)bh->b_data;
 		if (btrfs_super_bytenr(super) != bytenr ||
-		    strncmp((char *)(&super->magic), BTRFS_MAGIC,
-			    sizeof(super->magic))) {
+		    super->magic != cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_MAGIC)) {
 			brelse(bh);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 567076542d1d..72b1cf1b2b5e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -855,8 +855,7 @@ int btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path, fmode_t flags, void *holder,
 	disk_super = p + (bytenr & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
 
 	if (btrfs_super_bytenr(disk_super) != bytenr ||
-	    strncmp((char *)(&disk_super->magic), BTRFS_MAGIC,
-		    sizeof(disk_super->magic)))
+	    disk_super->magic != cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_MAGIC))
 		goto error_unmap;
 
 	devid = btrfs_stack_device_id(&disk_super->dev_item);