diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
index b2c8baeee1..5547117268 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer.java
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ public class ByteBufferBackedChannelBuffer extends AbstractChannelBuffer {
 
     public ChannelBuffer slice(int index, int length) {
         if (index == 0 && length == capacity()) {
-            return duplicate();
+            ChannelBuffer slice = duplicate();
+            slice.setIndex(0, length);
+            return slice;
         } else {
             if (index >= 0 && length == 0) {
                 return ChannelBuffers.EMPTY_BUFFER;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/HeapChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/HeapChannelBuffer.java
index 07a0383910..8bc888a1c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/HeapChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/HeapChannelBuffer.java
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ public abstract class HeapChannelBuffer extends AbstractChannelBuffer {
                 return ChannelBuffers.EMPTY_BUFFER;
             }
             if (length == array.length) {
-                return duplicate();
+                ChannelBuffer slice = duplicate();
+                slice.setIndex(0, length);
+                return slice;
             } else {
                 return new TruncatedChannelBuffer(this, length);
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBufferTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBufferTest.java
index b8b9085b63..dcd5751285 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBufferTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/AbstractChannelBufferTest.java
@@ -1472,8 +1472,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelBufferTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSlice() throws Exception {
+    public void testSliceEndianness() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(buffer.order(), buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity()).order());
+        assertEquals(buffer.order(), buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity() - 1).order());
         assertEquals(buffer.order(), buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 1).order());
+        assertEquals(buffer.order(), buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 2).order());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSliceIndex() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity()).readerIndex());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity() - 1).readerIndex());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 1).readerIndex());
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 2).readerIndex());
+
+        assertEquals(buffer.capacity(), buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity()).writerIndex());
+        assertEquals(buffer.capacity() - 1, buffer.slice(0, buffer.capacity() - 1).writerIndex());
+        assertEquals(buffer.capacity() - 1, buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 1).writerIndex());
+        assertEquals(buffer.capacity() - 2, buffer.slice(1, buffer.capacity() - 2).writerIndex());
     }
 
     @Test