diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1730605f5b3e..368fe0e59646 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (x/staking/keeper) [#18035](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18035) Hoisted out of the redelegation loop, the non-changing validator and delegator addresses parsing.
 * (keyring) [#17913](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17913) Add `NewAutoCLIKeyring` for creating an AutoCLI keyring from a SDK keyring.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/slash.go b/x/staking/keeper/slash.go
index 7429e0753220..8c06b9a1e340 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/slash.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/slash.go
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ func (k Keeper) SlashRedelegation(ctx context.Context, srcValidator types.Valida
 	totalSlashAmount = math.ZeroInt()
 	bondedBurnedAmount, notBondedBurnedAmount := math.ZeroInt(), math.ZeroInt()
 
+	valDstAddr, err := k.validatorAddressCodec.StringToBytes(redelegation.ValidatorDstAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return math.ZeroInt(), fmt.Errorf("SlashRedelegation: could not parse validator destination address: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	delegatorAddress, err := k.authKeeper.AddressCodec().StringToBytes(redelegation.DelegatorAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return math.ZeroInt(), fmt.Errorf("SlashRedelegation: could not parse delegator address: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// perform slashing on all entries within the redelegation
 	for _, entry := range redelegation.Entries {
 		// If redelegation started before this height, stake didn't contribute to infraction
@@ -308,16 +318,6 @@ func (k Keeper) SlashRedelegation(ctx context.Context, srcValidator types.Valida
 			continue
 		}
 
-		valDstAddr, err := k.validatorAddressCodec.StringToBytes(redelegation.ValidatorDstAddress)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		delegatorAddress, err := k.authKeeper.AddressCodec().StringToBytes(redelegation.DelegatorAddress)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
 		delegation, err := k.GetDelegation(ctx, delegatorAddress, valDstAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			// If deleted, delegation has zero shares, and we can't unbond any more