diff --git a/test/unit/test_dtype.py b/test/unit/test_dtype.py
index d429a359fe..e5db4af55e 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_dtype.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_dtype.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import unittest
+import unittest, pickle
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
-from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, DType, ImageDType, PtrDType, to_dtype
+from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, DType, ImageDType, PtrDType, to_dtype, Invalid, InvalidType
 
 class TestImageDType(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_image_scalar(self):
@@ -82,5 +82,12 @@ class TestCanLosslessCast(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertTrue(can_lossless_cast(dtypes.int8, dtypes.half))
     self.assertFalse(can_lossless_cast(dtypes.int8, dtypes.bfloat16))
 
+class TestInvalidSingleton(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_singleton(self):
+    self.assertIs(InvalidType(), InvalidType())
+    self.assertIs(InvalidType(), Invalid)
+  def test_pickle(self):
+    self.assertIs(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(Invalid)), Invalid)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/dtype.py b/tinygrad/dtype.py
index 7b37a321c2..817685fb14 100644
--- a/tinygrad/dtype.py
+++ b/tinygrad/dtype.py
@@ -5,20 +5,17 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
 from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, prod, round_up, next_power2
 from enum import Enum, auto
 
-class InvalidTypeMetaClass(type):
-  instance:None|InvalidType = None
-  def __call__(cls):
-    if (ret:=InvalidTypeMetaClass.instance) is not None: return ret
-    InvalidTypeMetaClass.instance = ret = super().__call__()
-    return ret
-
-class InvalidType(metaclass=InvalidTypeMetaClass):
+class InvalidType:
+  _instance: ClassVar[InvalidType|None] = None
+  def __new__(cls):
+    if cls._instance is None: cls._instance = object.__new__(cls)
+    return cls._instance
   def __eq__(self, other): return self is other
   def __lt__(self, other): return self is not other
   def __gt__(self, other): return self is not other
   def __hash__(self): return id(self)
   def __repr__(self): return "Invalid"
-  def __reduce__(self): return (InvalidType, ())  # Return the global Invalid instance
+  def __reduce__(self): return (InvalidType, ())  # unpickle returns the singleton
 
 Invalid = InvalidType()