diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 0de75c30df..04c4ea50c1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ def to_uop(buf:LazyBuffer, ctx:ScheduleContext, cache:Dict[LazyBuffer, UOp]) ->
   elif buf.op is Ops.ASSIGN: ret = UOp(Ops.ASSIGN, dtype, (ubuf, src[1]), buf.arg)
   elif buf.op in GroupOp.Meta: ret = UOp(buf.op, buf.dtype, (ubuf, *src), buf.arg)
   else: ret = UOp(cast(Ops, buf.op), dtype, src)
+  if buf.forced_realize: ret = UOp(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, dtype, (ret,))
   cache[buf] = ret = UOp(Ops.LOAD, dtype, (ubuf, buf.st.to_uop(), UOp.store(ubuf, ShapeTracker.from_shape(buf.shape).to_uop(), ret)))
   if buf.metadata is not None: ctx.ubuf_metadata[ubuf] = buf.metadata
-  if buf.forced_realize: ctx.realizes[ubuf] = ubuf
   return ret
 
 # **** AST graph rewrite
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ def _append_preload(ctx:ScheduleItemContext, x:UOp, b:UOp) -> UOp:
 to_si = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.VIEW, name="x"), _append_st_vars),
   (UPat(Ops.PRELOAD, src=(UPat.var("b"), UPat()), name="x"), _append_preload),
-  (UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, src=(UPat.var("x"),)), lambda ctx,x: x),
   (UPat(Ops.SINK, src=(UPat.store(UPat(), UPat(), UPat(GroupOp.Meta, name="x")),)), lambda ctx,x: x),
 ])
 
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ to_si = PatternMatcher([
 
 lazy = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat.load(b:=UPat.var("b"), UPat(), UPat.store(b, UPat(), UPat.var("v"))), lambda ctx,b,v: v),
+  (UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, src=(UPat.var("x"),)), lambda ctx,x: x),
 ])
 
 multioutput = PatternMatcher([(UPat.load(UPat.var("b"), UPat()), lambda ctx,b: ctx.get(b)),])