diff --git a/src/functions.php b/src/functions.php
index bf7537a8..964f1032 100644
--- a/src/functions.php
+++ b/src/functions.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     use function count;
     use function is_array;
     use function iterator_to_array;
+    use function rsort;
     use function strpos;
     use const COUNT_RECURSIVE;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,11 @@
     function bom_match(string $str): string
     {
         static $list;
+        if (null === $list) {
+            $list = (new ReflectionClass(ByteSequence::class))->getConstants();
 
-        $list = $list ?? (new ReflectionClass(ByteSequence::class))->getConstants();
+            rsort($list);
+        }
 
         foreach ($list as $sequence) {
             if (0 === strpos($str, $sequence)) {
diff --git a/tests/ByteSequenceTest.php b/tests/ByteSequenceTest.php
index 31465e08..e79292be 100644
--- a/tests/ByteSequenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/ByteSequenceTest.php
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public function ByteSequenceMatchProvider(): array
                 'sequence' => 'The quick brown fox '.ByteSequence::BOM_UTF8.' jumps over the lazy dog',
                 'expected' => '',
             ],
+            'UTF32 LE BOM sequence' => [
+                'sequence' => chr(255).chr(254).chr(0).chr(0),
+                'expected' => ByteSequence::BOM_UTF32_LE,
+            ],
         ];
     }
 }