diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/detail/mdarray.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/detail/mdarray.hpp
index 624c7a4d07..a507868faa 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/detail/mdarray.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/detail/mdarray.hpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct accessor_mixin : public AccessorPolicy {
   using is_host_type  = std::conditional_t<is_host, std::true_type, std::false_type>;
   // make sure the explicit ctor can fall through
   using AccessorPolicy::AccessorPolicy;
+  using offset_policy = accessor_mixin;
   accessor_mixin(AccessorPolicy const& that) : AccessorPolicy{that} {}  // NOLINT
 };
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/mdarray.cu b/cpp/test/mdarray.cu
index 961a703a8b..855d731d07 100644
--- a/cpp/test/mdarray.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/mdarray.cu
@@ -409,12 +409,14 @@ TEST(MDArray, FuncArg)
       make_device_matrix<float, layout_f_contiguous>(10, 10, rmm::cuda_stream_default);
     check_matrix_layout(d_matrix.view());
 
-    // FIXME(jiamingy): The slice has a default accessor instead of accessor_mixin, due to
-    // the hardcoded policy in submdspan implementation.  We need to have a rewritten
-    // version of submdspan for implementing padding.
-    // auto slice =
-    //   stdex::submdspan(d_matrix.view(), std::make_tuple(2ul, 4ul), std::make_tuple(2ul, 5ul));
-    // check_matrix_layout(slice);
+    auto slice =
+      stdex::submdspan(d_matrix.view(), std::make_tuple(2ul, 4ul), std::make_tuple(2ul, 5ul));
+    static_assert(slice.is_strided());
+    ASSERT_EQ(slice.extent(0), 2);
+    ASSERT_EQ(slice.extent(1), 3);
+    // is using device_accessor mixin.
+    static_assert(
+      std::is_same_v<decltype(slice)::accessor_type, device_matrix_view<float>::accessor_type>);
   }
 }
 }  // namespace raft