diff --git a/PyPDF2/filters.py b/PyPDF2/filters.py
index 57446f4b0..a204e6a17 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/filters.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/filters.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     import zlib
 
     def decompress(data):
-        return zlib.decompress(data)
+        return zlib.decompressobj().decompress(data)
 
     def compress(data):
         return zlib.compress(data)