diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index ee17fc1bd6..c44e064b3d 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
 
   @property
   def base(self): return self.src[0] if self.op is Ops.VIEW and len(self.src) != 0 else self
-  def view(self, st:ShapeTracker): return self if self.st is None or self.st == st else UOp(Ops.VIEW, self.dtype, (self,), st)
+  def view(self, st:ShapeTracker):
+    assert self.op is not Ops.STORE, "VIEW of STORE is invalid, STORE is always base"
+    return self if self.st is None or self.st == st else UOp(Ops.VIEW, self.dtype, (self,), st)
   def reshape(self, arg:Tuple[sint, ...]): return self.view(unwrap(self.st).reshape(arg))
 
   # *** uop Buffer stuff ***
@@ -761,7 +763,7 @@ spec = PatternMatcher([
 
   # TODO: confirm the args of both of these are shapetrackers
   (UPat(Ops.VIEW, src=()), lambda: True),
-  (UPat(Ops.VIEW, src=(UPat(),)), lambda: True),
+  (UPat(Ops.VIEW, src=(UPat.var("src"),), name="x"), lambda x,src: src.op is not Ops.STORE and x.dtype == src.dtype),
 
   (UPat(Ops.VALID, dtypes.bool, (UPat(Ops.VIEW),)), lambda: True),
   (UPat(Ops.CONST, name="x"), lambda x: x.dtype == x.dtype.scalar() and (type(x.arg) is type(dtypes.as_const(x.arg, x.dtype)))),