diff --git a/src/simplify_reshapes.cpp b/src/simplify_reshapes.cpp
index 079511761ad..ed6ff0b3853 100644
--- a/src/simplify_reshapes.cpp
+++ b/src/simplify_reshapes.cpp
@@ -559,9 +559,16 @@ struct find_slice_shape_transforms
             return;
         new_desc.simplify();
 
-        // Optimizes shape transforms if the slice cant be optimized
+        // Bail to the safe path if rebasing onto the slice input is unsafe:
+        // either the sliced axis splits into multiple dst axes, or the rebase
+        // changed the output shape on a sliced axis
         if(std::any_of(axes.begin(), axes.end(), [&](auto axis) {
-               return new_desc.get_dst_axes_from_src(axis).size() != 1;
+               if(new_desc.get_dst_axes_from_src(axis).size() != 1)
+                   return true;
+               auto dst_axis = new_desc.get_dst_axes_from_src(axis).front();
+               return new_desc.lens()[dst_axis] * slice->get_shape().lens()[axis] !=
+                      ins->get_shape().lens()[dst_axis] *
+                          slice->inputs().front()->get_shape().lens()[axis];
            }))
         {
             auto opt_ops = desc.generate();
diff --git a/test/simplify_reshapes_test.cpp b/test/simplify_reshapes_test.cpp
index 3290129ea9c..ae032ce4f35 100644
--- a/test/simplify_reshapes_test.cpp
+++ b/test/simplify_reshapes_test.cpp
@@ -5073,6 +5073,28 @@ TEST_CASE(slice_reshape_multibroadcast_rebase_axis)
     EXPECT(m1.get_output_shapes() == m2.get_output_shapes());
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(slice_multibroadcast_over_sliced_axis)
+{
+    migraphx::module m1;
+    {
+        auto x = m1.add_parameter("x", {migraphx::shape::float_type, {2, 4, 6}});
+        // TODO: this reshape+slice+reshape chain could be simplified to
+        //       reshape[2, 4, 6] -> slice[axes=0, starts=1, ends=2].
+        auto rsp = m1.add_instruction(migraphx::make_op("reshape", {{"dims", {2, 24}}}), x);
+        auto sl  = m1.add_instruction(
+            migraphx::make_op("slice", {{"axes", {0}}, {"starts", {1}}, {"ends", {2}}}), rsp);
+        auto rsp2 = m1.add_instruction(migraphx::make_op("reshape", {{"dims", {1, 4, 6}}}), sl);
+        auto mb = m1.add_instruction(migraphx::make_op("multibroadcast", {{"out_lens", {3, 4, 6}}}),
+                                     rsp2);
+        auto bias = m1.add_parameter("bias", {migraphx::shape::float_type, {3, 4, 6}});
+        auto sum  = m1.add_instruction(migraphx::make_op("add"), mb, bias);
+        m1.add_return({sum});
+    }
+    auto m2 = m1;
+    run_pass(m1);
+    EXPECT(m1.get_output_shapes() == m2.get_output_shapes());
+}
+
 TEST_CASE(broadcast_nop_reduce_mean)
 {
     migraphx::module m1;