diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index d94f1772c..2c685f422 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -10514,9 +10514,16 @@
      *   elements = [];
      * }
      */
-    function attempt(func) {
+    function attempt() {
+      var length = arguments.length,
+          func = arguments[0];
+
       try {
-        return func.apply(undefined, baseSlice(arguments, 1));
+        var args = Array(length ? length - 1 : 0);
+        while (--length > 0) {
+          args[length - 1] = arguments[length];
+        }
+        return func.apply(undefined, args);
       } catch(e) {
         return isError(e) ? e : new Error(e);
       }