diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 5ae260c28b..3490fc9fd2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ class Tensor:
   def shape(self):
     return self.data.shape
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def _get_data_dtype(data):
+    return data.getdtype() if getattr(data, 'getdtype', None) else data.dtype
+
   @property
   def dtype(self):
-    if getattr(self.data, 'getdtype', None):
-      return self.data.getdtype()
-    else:
-      return self.data.dtype
+    return Tensor._get_data_dtype(self.data)
 
   # ***** creation helper functions *****
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ class Tensor:
     if isinstance(data, Device.buffers[device]):
       return data
 
-    if data.dtype != np.float32 and not Tensor.did_float_warning:
+    if Tensor._get_data_dtype(data) != np.float32 and not Tensor.did_float_warning:
       # warning? float64 is actually needed for numerical jacobian
       print(f"warning, {data.shape!r} isn't float32, it's {data.dtype}")
       Tensor.did_float_warning = True