diff --git a/src/bytes/bytes.go b/src/bytes/bytes.go
index 45d8d07475..5c03e54d78 100644
--- a/src/bytes/bytes.go
+++ b/src/bytes/bytes.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package bytes
 
 import (
 	"internal/bytealg"
+	"math/bits"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 	_ "unsafe" // for linkname
@@ -594,10 +595,11 @@ func Repeat(b []byte, count int) []byte {
 	if count < 0 {
 		panic("bytes: negative Repeat count")
 	}
-	if len(b) > maxInt/count {
+	hi, lo := bits.Mul(uint(len(b)), uint(count))
+	if hi > 0 || lo > uint(maxInt) {
 		panic("bytes: Repeat output length overflow")
 	}
-	n := len(b) * count
+	n := int(lo) // lo = len(b) * count
 
 	if len(b) == 0 {
 		return []byte{}
@@ -624,10 +626,7 @@ func Repeat(b []byte, count int) []byte {
 	nb := bytealg.MakeNoZero(n)[:n:n]
 	bp := copy(nb, b)
 	for bp < n {
-		chunk := bp
-		if chunk > chunkMax {
-			chunk = chunkMax
-		}
+		chunk := min(bp, chunkMax)
 		bp += copy(nb[bp:], nb[:chunk])
 	}
 	return nb
diff --git a/src/slices/slices.go b/src/slices/slices.go
index b3cd4e2c05..200e653dde 100644
--- a/src/slices/slices.go
+++ b/src/slices/slices.go
@@ -496,11 +496,12 @@ func Repeat[S ~[]E, E any](x S, count int) S {
 	}
 
 	const maxInt = ^uint(0) >> 1
-	if hi, lo := bits.Mul(uint(len(x)), uint(count)); hi > 0 || lo > maxInt {
+	hi, lo := bits.Mul(uint(len(x)), uint(count))
+	if hi > 0 || lo > maxInt {
 		panic("the result of (len(x) * count) overflows")
 	}
 
-	newslice := make(S, len(x)*count)
+	newslice := make(S, int(lo)) // lo = len(x) * count
 	n := copy(newslice, x)
 	for n < len(newslice) {
 		n += copy(newslice[n:], newslice[:n])
diff --git a/src/strings/strings.go b/src/strings/strings.go
index 0bd3c1c233..0729c4ad42 100644
--- a/src/strings/strings.go
+++ b/src/strings/strings.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package strings
 import (
 	"internal/bytealg"
 	"internal/stringslite"
+	"math/bits"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 )
@@ -568,10 +569,11 @@ func Repeat(s string, count int) string {
 	if count < 0 {
 		panic("strings: negative Repeat count")
 	}
-	if len(s) > maxInt/count {
+	hi, lo := bits.Mul(uint(len(s)), uint(count))
+	if hi > 0 || lo > uint(maxInt) {
 		panic("strings: Repeat output length overflow")
 	}
-	n := len(s) * count
+	n := int(lo) // lo = len(s) * count
 
 	if len(s) == 0 {
 		return ""
@@ -617,13 +619,7 @@ func Repeat(s string, count int) string {
 	b.Grow(n)
 	b.WriteString(s)
 	for b.Len() < n {
-		chunk := n - b.Len()
-		if chunk > b.Len() {
-			chunk = b.Len()
-		}
-		if chunk > chunkMax {
-			chunk = chunkMax
-		}
+		chunk := min(n-b.Len(), b.Len(), chunkMax)
 		b.WriteString(b.String()[:chunk])
 	}
 	return b.String()