diff --git a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
index de766a4b977..ed7bcec89b9 100644
--- a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 use crate::cmp::Ordering::{self, Equal, Greater, Less};
 use crate::fmt;
 use crate::hint;
-use crate::intrinsics::exact_div;
+use crate::intrinsics::{exact_div, unchecked_sub};
 use crate::mem::{self, SizedTypeProperties};
 use crate::num::NonZero;
 use crate::ops::{Bound, OneSidedRange, Range, RangeBounds};
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ pub const fn split_at_mut(&mut self, mid: usize) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T]) {
         );
 
         // SAFETY: Caller has to check that `0 <= mid <= self.len()`
-        unsafe { (from_raw_parts(ptr, mid), from_raw_parts(ptr.add(mid), len - mid)) }
+        unsafe { (from_raw_parts(ptr, mid), from_raw_parts(ptr.add(mid), unchecked_sub(len, mid))) }
     }
 
     /// Divides one mutable slice into two at an index, without doing bounds checking.
@@ -2035,7 +2035,12 @@ pub const fn split_at_mut(&mut self, mid: usize) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T]) {
         //
         // `[ptr; mid]` and `[mid; len]` are not overlapping, so returning a mutable reference
         // is fine.
-        unsafe { (from_raw_parts_mut(ptr, mid), from_raw_parts_mut(ptr.add(mid), len - mid)) }
+        unsafe {
+            (
+                from_raw_parts_mut(ptr, mid),
+                from_raw_parts_mut(ptr.add(mid), unchecked_sub(len, mid)),
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     /// Divides one slice into two at an index, returning `None` if the slice is