diff --git a/decode_slice.go b/decode_slice.go
index 0442a75..e70588e 100644
--- a/decode_slice.go
+++ b/decode_slice.go
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ func (d *sliceDecoder) decodeStream(s *stream, depth int64, p unsafe.Pointer) er
 					dst := sliceHeader{data: data, len: idx, cap: capacity}
 					copySlice(d.elemType, dst, src)
 				}
-				if err := d.valueDecoder.decodeStream(s, depth, unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(data)+uintptr(idx)*d.size)); err != nil {
+				ep := unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(data) + uintptr(idx)*d.size)
+				*(*unsafe.Pointer)(ep) = nil // initialize elem pointer
+				if err := d.valueDecoder.decodeStream(s, depth, ep); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 				s.skipWhiteSpace()
@@ -224,7 +226,9 @@ func (d *sliceDecoder) decode(buf []byte, cursor, depth int64, p unsafe.Pointer)
 					dst := sliceHeader{data: data, len: idx, cap: capacity}
 					copySlice(d.elemType, dst, src)
 				}
-				c, err := d.valueDecoder.decode(buf, cursor, depth, unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(data)+uintptr(idx)*d.size))
+				ep := unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(data) + uintptr(idx)*d.size)
+				*(*unsafe.Pointer)(ep) = nil // initialize elem pointer
+				c, err := d.valueDecoder.decode(buf, cursor, depth, ep)
 				if err != nil {
 					return 0, err
 				}
diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index d76cf5c..6595f4b 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/goccy/go-json"
 )
@@ -2903,3 +2904,28 @@ func TestUnmarshalMaxDepth(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDecodeSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	type B struct{ Int int32 }
+	type A struct{ B *B }
+	type X struct{ A []*A }
+
+	w1 := &X{}
+	w2 := &X{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"a": [ {"b":{"int": 42} } ] }`), w1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	w1addr := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w1.A[0].B))
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"a": [ {"b":{"int": 112} } ] }`), w2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w1.A[0].B)) != w1addr {
+		t.Fatal("wrong addr")
+	}
+	w2addr := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w2.A[0].B))
+	if w1addr == w2addr {
+		t.Fatal("invaid address")
+	}
+}