diff --git a/test/test_symbolic_jit.py b/test/test_symbolic_jit.py
index f8dfbdfc31..f312539e7a 100644
--- a/test/test_symbolic_jit.py
+++ b/test/test_symbolic_jit.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ class TestSymbolicJit(unittest.TestCase):
       np.testing.assert_allclose(symbolic, expected, atol=1e-6, rtol=1e-6)
     assert_jit_cache_len(jf, 1)
 
-  @unittest.expectedFailure # TODO: fix, this works without jit
   def test_plus1_pad(self):
-    def f(a): return (a+1).pad((None, (0, 10-a.shape[1]))).realize()
+    # TODO: without contiguous, the pad is not captured in jit
+    def f(a): return (a+1).pad((None, (0, 10-a.shape[1]))).contiguous().realize()
     jf = TinyJit(f)
     a = Tensor.rand(3, 10)
     for i in range(1, 5):
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestSymbolicJit(unittest.TestCase):
       symbolic = jf(a[:, :vi]).numpy()
       expected = f(a[:, :i]).numpy()
       np.testing.assert_allclose(symbolic, expected, atol=1e-6, rtol=1e-6)
-    assert_jit_cache_len(jf, 1)
+    assert_jit_cache_len(jf, 2) # one add and one pad, can be one kernel?
 
   def test_add(self):
     def f(a, b): return (a+b).realize()