diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
index 4a338591e5aa..637767996dbc 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: (offset + length) <= self.len()")]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: end <= self.len()")]
     // Different error messages, so skip for now
     // https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/1545
     #[cfg(not(feature = "force_validate"))]
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/struct_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/struct_array.rs
index fbc34ef0c85b..7e35eb6450b2 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/struct_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/struct_array.rs
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: (offset + length) <= self.len()")]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "assertion failed: end <= self.len()")]
     fn test_struct_array_from_data_with_offset_and_length_error() {
         let int_arr = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
         let int_field = Field::new("x", DataType::Int32, false);
diff --git a/arrow-data/src/data.rs b/arrow-data/src/data.rs
index c8202f564133..10770d39cb84 100644
--- a/arrow-data/src/data.rs
+++ b/arrow-data/src/data.rs
@@ -560,9 +560,12 @@ impl ArrayData {
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
-    /// Panics if `offset + length > self.len()`.
+    /// Panics if `offset + length` overflows or is greater than `self.len()`.
     pub fn slice(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> ArrayData {
-        assert!((offset + length) <= self.len());
+        let end = offset
+            .checked_add(length)
+            .expect("offset + length overflow");
+        assert!(end <= self.len());
 
         if let DataType::Struct(_) = self.data_type() {
             // Slice into children
@@ -2285,6 +2288,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(data.null_count() - 1, new_data.null_count());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "offset + length overflow")]
+    fn test_slice_panics_on_offset_length_overflow() {
+        let data = ArrayData::builder(DataType::Int32)
+            .len(4)
+            .add_buffer(make_i32_buffer(4))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        let sliced = data.slice(1, 3);
+
+        sliced.slice(1, usize::MAX);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_typed_offsets_length_overflow() {
         let data = ArrayData {