diff --git a/src/host/indexing.jl b/src/host/indexing.jl
index 670cdd6b..6720e605 100644
--- a/src/host/indexing.jl
+++ b/src/host/indexing.jl
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ end
     Is = map(adapt(ToGPU(dest)), Is)
     @boundscheck checkbounds(src, Is...)
 
-    getindex_kernel(get_backend(dest))(dest, src, idims, Is...; ndrange=size(dest))
+    # the kernel only uses the linear index, so don't pay for a multidimensional ndrange
+    getindex_kernel(get_backend(dest))(dest, src, idims, Is...; ndrange=length(dest))
     return dest
 end
 
@@ -86,11 +87,15 @@ end
     i = @index(Global, Linear)
     getindex_generated(dest, src, idims, i, Is...)
 end
-@generated function getindex_generated(dest, src, idims, i, Is::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N}
+# these must be inlined into their kernel, or every work item passes the index tuples
+# through local memory, which is several times slower
+@inline @generated function getindex_generated(dest, src, idims, i,
+                                               Is::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N}
     quote
         is = @inbounds CartesianIndices(idims)[i]
         @nexprs $N i -> I_i = @inbounds(Is[i][is[i]])
-        val = @ncall $N getindex src i -> I_i
+        # the host already checked the indices against `src`
+        val = @inbounds @ncall $N getindex src i -> I_i
         @inbounds dest[i] = val
     end
 end
@@ -123,12 +128,15 @@ end
     i = @index(Global, Linear)
     setindex_generated(dest, src, idims, len, i, Is...)
 end
-@generated function setindex_generated(dest, src, idims, len, i, Is::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N}
+@inline @generated function setindex_generated(dest, src, idims, len, i,
+                                               Is::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N}
     quote
         i > len && return
         is = @inbounds CartesianIndices(idims)[i]
         @nexprs $N i -> I_i = @inbounds(Is[i][is[i]])
-        @ncall $N setindex! dest src[i] i -> I_i
+        # the host already checked the indices against `dest`, and that `src` has `len`
+        # elements; offset by `firstindex` as a vector source can have other indices
+        @inbounds @ncall $N setindex! dest src[firstindex(src) + i - 1] i -> I_i
         return
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/testsuite/indexing.jl b/test/testsuite/indexing.jl
index 09103fa6..c3c38d42 100644
--- a/test/testsuite/indexing.jl
+++ b/test/testsuite/indexing.jl
@@ -87,6 +87,29 @@ end
         end
     end
 
+    @testset "sliced getindex and setindex! with ranges" begin
+        # odd sizes (so the last workgroup is only partially used), ranges in inner and outer
+        # dimensions, strided and reversed ranges, and integer indices that drop dimensions
+        # (the destination then has fewer dimensions than there are indices)
+        @testset "$T" for T in eltypes
+            x = rand(T, 7, 5, 13, 3)
+            @testset "$(join(Is, ", "))" for Is in ((:, :, 4:9, :), (2:6, 1:2:5, :, 2),
+                                                    (:, 3, 12:-3:3, 1:2), (4, :, :, 3))
+                @test compare(x -> x[Is...], AT, x)
+                @test compare(x -> copy(view(x, Is...)), AT, x)
+                y = rand(T, size(x[Is...]))
+                @test compare((x, y) -> (x[Is...] = y; x), AT, x, y)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    @testset "sliced setindex!, offset source" begin
+        @testset "$T" for T in eltypes
+            src = Base.IdentityUnitRange(5:6)   # indices 5:6, not 1:2
+            @test compare(x -> (x[2:3, 1] = src; x), AT, zeros(T, 4, 2))
+        end
+    end
+
     @allowscalar @testset "empty array" begin
         @testset "1D" begin
             Ac = zeros(Float32, 10)