diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py b/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
index 3cc1203d84..8c946b95f1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/fuse.py
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ def _get_isolated_children(r:LazyBuffer, reduce_for_op:Dict[LazyBuffer, LazyBuff
 
 def get_realizes(outs:List[LazyBuffer], ctx) -> Tuple[List[List[UOp]], Dict[Buffer, LazyBuffer], Dict[LazyBuffer, LazyBuffer]]:
   """search the graph for all the LazyBuffers that need to realize"""
-  # start by just realizing the buffers passed in
-  realizes: Dict[LazyBuffer, None] = {x:None for x in outs}
+  realizes: Dict[LazyBuffer, None] = {}
   allbufs: Dict[LazyBuffer, None] = {}
   simple_pads: Dict[LazyBuffer, None] = {}
   children: DefaultDict[LazyBuffer, Dict[LazyBuffer, None]] = defaultdict(dict)
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 7ed13bdf38..b37bfa0550 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ break_sched = PatternMatcher([(UPat.load(b:=UPat.var("b"), UPat(), UPat.store(b,
 @track_rewrites(named=True)
 def create_schedule_with_vars(outs:List[LazyBuffer]) -> Tuple[List[ScheduleItem], Dict[Variable, int]]:
   if len(outs:=dedup(x.base for x in outs if x.realized is None and x.base.op is not MetaOps.CONST)) == 0: return [], {}
+  for out in outs: out.forced_realize = True
   # create the big graph
   ctx = ScheduleContext()
   cache: Dict[LazyBuffer, UOp] = {}