diff --git a/jax/_src/mesh.py b/jax/_src/mesh.py
index ea8d66c1473c..e71d7d4df8a5 100644
--- a/jax/_src/mesh.py
+++ b/jax/_src/mesh.py
@@ -106,17 +106,17 @@ def _get_local_mesh(global_mesh: Mesh, process_index: int) -> Mesh:
     nonzero_indices = np.flatnonzero(local_slices)
     start, end = int(np.min(nonzero_indices)), int(np.max(nonzero_indices))
     subcube_indices.append(slice(start, end + 1))
-  subcube_indices = tuple(subcube_indices)
+  subcube_indices_tuple = tuple(subcube_indices)
   # We only end up with all conditions being true if the local devices formed a
   # subcube of the full array. This is because we were biased towards taking a
   # "hull" spanned by the devices, and in case the local devices don't form a
   # subcube that hull will contain non-local devices.
-  if not is_local_device[subcube_indices].all():
+  if not is_local_device[subcube_indices_tuple].all():
     raise ValueError(
         "When passing host local inputs to pjit or xmap, devices "
         "connected to a single host must form a contiguous subcube of the "
         "global device mesh")
-  return Mesh(global_mesh.devices[subcube_indices], global_mesh.axis_names)
+  return Mesh(global_mesh.devices[subcube_indices_tuple], global_mesh.axis_names)
 
 
 _mesh_object_dict = {}  # type: ignore