diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py b/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
index 3a701d1caa..d8b9e73025 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _get_isolated_children(r:LazyBuffer, reduce_for_op:Dict[LazyBuffer, LazyBuff
   for tr in group: _recursive_group(tr, tr.st, tr, children, realizes, reduce_for_op, descendants, cache={})
   return merge_dicts([group, {} if any(tr in group for tr in descendants) else descendants])
 
-def get_realizes(outs:List[LazyBuffer], children:DefaultDict[LazyBuffer, Dict[LazyBuffer, None]], allbufs:Dict[LazyBuffer, None],
+def get_realizes(children:DefaultDict[LazyBuffer, Dict[LazyBuffer, None]], allbufs:Dict[LazyBuffer, None],
                  double_reduces:Dict[LazyBuffer, None], ubuf_realizes:Dict[UOp, UOp], ctx) -> List[List[UOp]]:
   """search the graph for all the LazyBuffers that need to realize"""
   # get all the realizes from big graph
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def get_realizes(outs:List[LazyBuffer], children:DefaultDict[LazyBuffer, Dict[La
 
   for r in reduce_of_const:
     group = {tr:None for tr,rop in reduce_for_op.items() if rop is r}
-    if any(tr.forced_realize for tr in group) or any(x.base in group for x in outs): continue
+    if any(tr.forced_realize for tr in group): continue
     kernel_children = {c for tr in group for c in children[tr] if c.op not in {MetaOps.COPY, MetaOps.BUFFER_VIEW}}
     if len(kernel_children) == 0: continue
     for tr in group:
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 4f688677ae..3d3e155e3b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def create_schedule_with_vars(outs:List[LazyBuffer]) -> Tuple[List[ScheduleItem]
   # get realizes
   realizes: Dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
   graph_rewrite(big_graph, do_realize, realizes)
-  store_groups = get_realizes(outs, children, allbufs, double_reduces, realizes, ctx)
+  store_groups = get_realizes(children, allbufs, double_reduces, realizes, ctx)
   # split realizes into small graphs
   graph_rewrite(big_graph, break_sched, realizes)
   sinks = [UOp.sink(*(realizes[u] for u in stores)) for stores in store_groups]