diff --git a/tinygrad/dtype.py b/tinygrad/dtype.py
index 564fb30c8e..6f2217148f 100644
--- a/tinygrad/dtype.py
+++ b/tinygrad/dtype.py
@@ -184,5 +184,5 @@ truncate: Dict[DType, Callable] = {dtypes.bool: bool,
   dtypes.float16: truncate_fp16, dtypes.float32: lambda x: ctypes.c_float(x).value, dtypes.float64: lambda x: ctypes.c_double(x).value,
   dtypes.uint8: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint8(x).value, dtypes.uint16: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint16(x).value,
   dtypes.uint32: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint32(x).value, dtypes.uint64: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint64(x).value,
-  dtypes.int8: lambda x: ctypes.c_int8(x).value, dtypes.int16: lambda x: ctypes.c_int16(x).value, dtypes.int32: lambda x: ctypes.c_int32(x).value \
-      if isinstance(x,int) else x, dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value}
+  dtypes.int8: lambda x: ctypes.c_int8(x).value, dtypes.int16: lambda x: ctypes.c_int16(x).value, dtypes.int32: lambda x: ctypes.c_int32(x).value,
+  dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value}