diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/cstyle.py b/tinygrad/renderer/cstyle.py
index 7d0a27b883..3b34e6deed 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/cstyle.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/cstyle.py
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ class CStyleLanguage(Renderer):
     if self.uses_vload and buf_dtype.scalar() == dtypes.float16 and output_dtype.scalar() != dtypes.float16:
       return f"vload_half{'' if output_dtype.count == 1 else str(output_dtype.count)}(0, {buf_name}+{idx})"
     if output_dtype.count > 1:
-      out_val = f"*(({self.smem_prefix if local and self.smem_prefix_for_cast else self.buffer_prefix}{self.render_dtype(buf_dtype)}{output_dtype.count}*)({buf_name}+{idx}))"  # noqa: E501
-    else:
-      out_val = f"*({buf_name}+{idx})" if self.uses_ptr_arithmetic else f"{buf_name}[{idx}]"
-    return self.render_cast([out_val], output_dtype) if output_dtype != buf_dtype else out_val
+      return f"*(({self.smem_prefix if local and self.smem_prefix_for_cast else self.buffer_prefix}{self.render_dtype(buf_dtype)}{output_dtype.count}*)({buf_name}+{idx}))"  # noqa: E501
+    return f"*({buf_name}+{idx})" if self.uses_ptr_arithmetic else f"{buf_name}[{idx}]"
 
   def get_kernel_modifier(self, uops:UOpGraph) -> str: return ""
   def render_kernel(self, function_name:str, kernel:List[str], bufs:List[Tuple[str,Tuple[DType,bool]]], uops:UOpGraph, prefix=None) -> str: