diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs
index 3e36459a0d6..c9b3d0f9c6a 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs
@@ -1165,11 +1165,15 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         let index_var = self.convert_numeric_value(index, dfg)?;
         let index_var = self.get_flattened_index(&array_typ, array_id, index_var, dfg)?;
 
-        // predicate_index = index*predicate + (1-predicate)*offset
-        let offset = self.acir_context.add_constant(offset);
-        let sub = self.acir_context.sub_var(index_var, offset)?;
-        let pred = self.acir_context.mul_var(sub, self.current_side_effects_enabled_var)?;
-        let predicate_index = self.acir_context.add_var(pred, offset)?;
+        let predicate_index = if dfg.is_safe_index(index, array_id) {
+            index_var
+        } else {
+            // index*predicate + (1-predicate)*offset
+            let offset = self.acir_context.add_constant(offset);
+            let sub = self.acir_context.sub_var(index_var, offset)?;
+            let pred = self.acir_context.mul_var(sub, self.current_side_effects_enabled_var)?;
+            self.acir_context.add_var(pred, offset)?
+        };
 
         let new_value = if let Some(store) = store_value {
             let store_value = self.convert_value(store, dfg);
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/dfg.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/dfg.rs
index f06f46d7af8..d79916a9e11 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/dfg.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/dfg.rs
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ impl DataFlowGraph {
         }
     }
 
+    /// A constant index less than the array length is safe
+    pub(crate) fn is_safe_index(&self, index: ValueId, array: ValueId) -> bool {
+        #[allow(clippy::match_like_matches_macro)]
+        match (self.type_of_value(array), self.get_numeric_constant(index)) {
+            (Type::Array(_, len), Some(index)) if index.to_u128() < (len as u128) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
     /// Sets the terminator instruction for the given basic block
     pub(crate) fn set_block_terminator(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/instruction.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/instruction.rs
index 1b3466c76fa..e5c40652706 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/instruction.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/instruction.rs
@@ -396,13 +396,9 @@ impl Instruction {
                 true
             }
 
-            // `ArrayGet`s which read from "known good" indices from an array don't need a predicate.
             Instruction::ArrayGet { array, index } => {
-                #[allow(clippy::match_like_matches_macro)]
-                match (dfg.type_of_value(*array), dfg.get_numeric_constant(*index)) {
-                    (Type::Array(_, len), Some(index)) if index.to_u128() < (len as u128) => false,
-                    _ => true,
-                }
+                // `ArrayGet`s which read from "known good" indices from an array should not need a predicate.
+                !dfg.is_safe_index(*index, *array)
             }
 
             Instruction::EnableSideEffects { .. } | Instruction::ArraySet { .. } => true,
diff --git a/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/Prover.toml b/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/Prover.toml
index c4df1b749bb..b4bf4162370 100644
--- a/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/Prover.toml
+++ b/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/Prover.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ result = [
         0x73,
         0x2b,
 ]
+input = [0, 0]
+toggle = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/src/main.nr b/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/src/main.nr
index 4f999d349f0..29bc9ac371a 100644
--- a/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/src/main.nr
+++ b/test_programs/execution_success/sha256/src/main.nr
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@
 // Not yet here: For R1CS, it is more about manipulating arithmetic gates to get performance
 // This can be done in ACIR!
 
-fn main(x: Field, result: [u8; 32]) {
+fn main(x: Field, result: [u8; 32], input: [u8; 2], toggle: bool) {
     // We use the `as` keyword here to denote the fact that we want to take just the first byte from the x Field
     // The padding is taken care of by the program
     // docs:start:sha256_var
     let digest = std::hash::sha256_var([x as u8], 1);
     // docs:end:sha256_var
     assert(digest == result);
+
+    // variable size
+    let size: Field = 1 + toggle as Field;
+    let var_sha = std::hash::sha256_var(input, size as u64);
+    assert(var_sha == std::hash::sha256_var(input, 1));
 }