diff --git a/src/slices/slices.go b/src/slices/slices.go
index 4b905f22eca..38b0fc14ad4 100644
--- a/src/slices/slices.go
+++ b/src/slices/slices.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func Insert[S ~[]E, E any](s S, i int, v ...E) S {
 // make a single call deleting them all together than to delete one at a time.
 // Delete zeroes the elements s[len(s)-(j-i):len(s)].
 func Delete[S ~[]E, E any](s S, i, j int) S {
-	_ = s[i:j] // bounds check
+	_ = s[i:j:len(s)] // bounds check
 
 	if i == j {
 		return s