diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index be8047d2cb..2eb57885de 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -1726,6 +1726,14 @@ class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
     self.check_schedule(out, 1)
     np.testing.assert_allclose(out.numpy(), (x.numpy()+np.arange(10)[2]).sum(), atol=1e-5, rtol=1e-6)
 
+  def test_arange_index_shrink(self):
+    Tensor.manual_seed(0)
+    with Context(TRACK_MATCH_STATS=0):
+      x = Tensor.randn(11).realize()
+    a = Tensor.arange(22)
+    out = (x + a[:11]).sum()
+    self.check_schedule(out, 1)
+
   @unittest.skip("TOOD: FUSE_ARANGE overrules Tensor.arange().contiguous()")
   def test_arange_index_contiguous(self):
     Tensor.manual_seed(0)
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py b/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
index 037349848a..54d0a26c69 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ view_left = merge_views+PatternMatcher([
 def apply_swizzle(u:UOp) -> UOp: return graph_rewrite(u, view_left, name="Sub View Left")
 
 def swizzle_reduceop(r:UOp, src:UOp, view:UOp, fuse=False):
-  if (st:=unwrap(view.st)).contiguous: return None
+  if (st:=unwrap(view.st)).contiguous and st.size == r.size: return None
   input_st = ShapeTracker.from_shape(src.shape)
   tmp = input_st.permute(tuple(i for i in range(len(input_st.shape)) if i not in r.axis_arg)+r.axis_arg)
   prshape = prod(rshape:=tmp.shape[-len(r.axis_arg):])