diff --git a/passes/cmds/splitcells.cc b/passes/cmds/splitcells.cc
index e3d509564..d2063a0c8 100644
--- a/passes/cmds/splitcells.cc
+++ b/passes/cmds/splitcells.cc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct SplitcellsWorker
 
 				auto slice_signal = [&](SigSpec old_sig) -> SigSpec {
 					SigSpec new_sig;
-					for (int offset = slice_lsb; offset <= GetSize(old_sig); offset += GetSize(outsig)) {
+					for (int offset = slice_lsb; offset < GetSize(old_sig); offset += GetSize(outsig)) {
 						int length = std::min(GetSize(old_sig)-offset, slice_msb-slice_lsb+1);
 						new_sig.append(old_sig.extract(offset, length));
 					}