diff --git a/mlx/backend/cpu/copy.cpp b/mlx/backend/cpu/copy.cpp
index f9ff22677a..d14736c15e 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cpu/copy.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/cpu/copy.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ void copy_general_general(
       dynamic_i_offset ? dynamic_i_offset->data<int64_t>() : nullptr;
   auto o_offset_ptr =
       dynamic_o_offset ? dynamic_o_offset->data<int64_t>() : nullptr;
-  auto size = src.size();
   if (data_shape.empty()) {
     auto val = static_cast<DstT>(*src_ptr);
     *dst_ptr = val;
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@ void copy_general_general(
     dst_ptr += o_offset_ptr[0];
   }
 
+  auto size = std::accumulate(
+      shape.begin(), shape.end(), int64_t{1}, std::multiplies<int64_t>());
   ContiguousIterator in(shape, strides[0], ndim - 3);
   ContiguousIterator out(shape, strides[1], ndim - 3);
   auto stride = std::accumulate(
diff --git a/python/tests/test_ops.py b/python/tests/test_ops.py
index 660ea76c8d..6cd0c49497 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_ops.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_ops.py
@@ -3209,6 +3209,12 @@ def test_dynamic_slicing(self):
         out = mx.slice(x, mx.array([1, 2, 3]), (0, 1, 2), (3, 2, 1))
         self.assertTrue(mx.array_equal(expected, out))
 
+        with mx.stream(mx.cpu):
+            x = mx.arange(5 * 6 * 7 * 8).reshape(5, 6, 7, 8)
+            expected = x[1:3, 2:4, 3:5, 4:6]
+            out = mx.slice(x, mx.array([1, 2, 3, 4]), (0, 1, 2, 3), (2, 2, 2, 2))
+            self.assertTrue(mx.array_equal(expected, out))
+
         x = mx.zeros(shape=(4, 4, 4))
         update = mx.random.randint(0, 100, shape=(3, 2, 1))
         out = mx.slice_update(x, update, mx.array([1, 2, 3]), (0, 1, 2))