diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
index 3a40d15acd2..393211c2dd6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func (s *InitSchedule) staticassign(l *Node, r *Node) bool {
 		// Init slice.
 		bound := r.Right.Int64()
 		ta := types.NewArray(r.Type.Elem(), bound)
+		ta.SetNoalg(true)
 		a := staticname(ta)
 		s.inittemps[r] = a
 		slicesym(l, a, bound)