diff --git a/src/encoding/base64/base64.go b/src/encoding/base64/base64.go
index 690d3ce0421..0c33f8e5f84 100644
--- a/src/encoding/base64/base64.go
+++ b/src/encoding/base64/base64.go
@@ -480,15 +480,16 @@ func (enc *Encoding) Decode(dst, src []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 	si := 0
 	for strconv.IntSize >= 64 && len(src)-si >= 8 && len(dst)-n >= 8 {
+		src2 := src[si : si+8]
 		if dn, ok := assemble64(
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+0]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+1]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+2]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+3]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+4]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+5]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+6]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+7]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[0]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[1]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[2]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[3]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[4]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[5]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[6]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[7]],
 		); ok {
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(dst[n:], dn)
 			n += 6
@@ -504,11 +505,12 @@ func (enc *Encoding) Decode(dst, src []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	}
 
 	for len(src)-si >= 4 && len(dst)-n >= 4 {
+		src2 := src[si : si+4]
 		if dn, ok := assemble32(
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+0]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+1]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+2]],
-			enc.decodeMap[src[si+3]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[0]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[1]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[2]],
+			enc.decodeMap[src2[3]],
 		); ok {
 			binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(dst[n:], dn)
 			n += 3