diff --git a/include/tvm/relay/attrs/transform.h b/include/tvm/relay/attrs/transform.h
index ba82bcdff00e6..342919420f4b8 100644
--- a/include/tvm/relay/attrs/transform.h
+++ b/include/tvm/relay/attrs/transform.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct SliceLikeAttrs : public tvm::AttrsNode<SliceLikeAttrs> {
   Array<Integer> axes;
 
   TVM_DECLARE_ATTRS(SliceLikeAttrs, "relay.attrs.SliceLikeAttrs") {
-    TVM_ATTR_FIELD(axes).set_default(Array<Integer>())
+    TVM_ATTR_FIELD(axes)
         .describe("List of axes on which input data will be sliced according to the "
                   "corresponding size of the second input. By default will slice "
                   "on all axes. Negative axes mean counting in reverse.");
diff --git a/src/relay/op/tensor/transform.cc b/src/relay/op/tensor/transform.cc
index def59a6ab0e9e..d09e605790609 100644
--- a/src/relay/op/tensor/transform.cc
+++ b/src/relay/op/tensor/transform.cc
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ bool SliceLikeRel(const Array<Type>& types,
   const Array<IndexExpr> target_shape = target->shape;
   std::vector<IndexExpr>&& oshape = AsVector(dshape);
 
-  if (!param->axes.defined() || param->axes.size() == 0) {
+  if (!param->axes.defined()) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < dshape.size(); ++i) {
       if (i < target_shape.size()) {
         oshape[i] = target_shape[i];
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ bool SliceLikeRel(const Array<Type>& types,
       }
     }
   } else {
+    CHECK(param->axes.size() != 0) << "Axes cannot be empty.";
     for (Integer i : param->axes) {
       if (reporter->Assert(i < make_const(Int(64), 0))) {
         i += make_const(Int(64), dshape.size());
diff --git a/tests/python/relay/test_op_level10.py b/tests/python/relay/test_op_level10.py
index 89dbefef1d857..1709a9a2f9825 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/test_op_level10.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/test_op_level10.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ def verify_slice_like(data, slice_like, axes, output, dtype="float32"):
 
 def test_slice_like():
     d1, d2, d3, d4 = tvm.var("d1"), tvm.var("d2"), tvm.var("d3"), tvm.var("d4")
-    verify_slice_like(data=(d1, d2, d3), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=[], output=(1, 2, 3))
-    verify_slice_like(data=(1, 2, 3), slice_like=(d1, d2, d3), axes=[], output=(d1, d2, d3))
+    verify_slice_like(data=(d1, d2, d3), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=None, output=(1, 2, 3))
+    verify_slice_like(data=(1, 2, 3), slice_like=(d1, d2, d3), axes=None, output=(d1, d2, d3))
     verify_slice_like(data=(d2, d3, d4), slice_like=(d1, d2, d3), axes=(1,2), output=(d2, d2, d3))
-    verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=[], output=(1, 2, 3))
-    verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2), axes=[], output=(1, 2, 5))
+    verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=None, output=(1, 2, 3))
+    verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2), axes=None, output=(1, 2, 5))
     verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=(1, 2), output=(3, 2, 3))
     verify_slice_like(data=(3, 4, 5), slice_like=(1, 2, 3), axes=(-1, -3), output=(1, 4, 3))
     verify_slice_like(data=(1, 3, 224, 224),