diff --git a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
index 933dfc4a29..fac2407abb 100755
--- a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
+++ b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class ProcessReplayWarning(Warning): pass
 # *** recreators
 
 def recreate_sched(big_sink:UOp) -> list[UOp]:
-  sched_sink = get_becomes_map(big_sink)[big_sink]
+  becomes_map = get_becomes_map(big_sink)
+  sched_sink = UOp.sink(*[becomes_map.get(x,x) for x in big_sink.src])
   return dedup(u.arg.ast for u in sched_sink.toposort if u.op is Ops.KERNEL)
 
 def recreate_kernel(ast:UOp, opts:Renderer, applied_opts:list[Opt], name:str, _) -> str:
diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index a5abc8354b..ecf8dfb7cc 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ class TestSwizzle(unittest.TestCase):
     y = x*x.sum((1,)).reciprocal()
     t = y.pad(((0,1),None)).contiguous()
     swizzled = swizzle_rewrite(t.lazydata)
-    sched = check_schedule(swizzled.sink(), 3)
+    sched = check_schedule(swizzled, 3)
     output_buffer = sched[-1].bufs[0]
     run_schedule(sched)
     self.assertListEqual(output_buffer.as_buffer().cast("f").tolist(), [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0., 0.])
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py b/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
index cbe4273c0c..56a14e69ac 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/grouper.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tinygrad.ops import UOp, Ops, GroupOp, PatternMatcher, UPat, graph_rewrite, graph_rewrite_map, identity_element, resolve, merge_views
-from tinygrad.ops import can_pad, sint, track_rewrites
+from tinygrad.ops import can_pad, sint, track_rewrites, _substitute
 from tinygrad.codegen.lowerer import get_contraction_with_reduce
 from tinygrad.codegen.symbolic import symbolic_simple
 from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata, all_int, all_same, colored, prod, dedup, unwrap, flatten, getenv, pluralize, ContextVar, Context, diskcache_put
@@ -440,15 +440,6 @@ def get_becomes_map(big_sink:UOp) -> dict[UOp, UOp]:
   sched_sink = tensor_map[big_sink]
   type_verify(list(sched_sink.toposort), kernel_spec)
 
-  # map tensors to buffer/const, optionally apply a VIEW on top
-  becomes_map: dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
-  for k,v in tensor_map.items():
-    if (kernel:=tensor_map.get(v.base)) is not None and kernel.base.op is Ops.ASSIGN: v = kernel.view(unwrap(v.st))
-    if k is v: continue
-    op = v.base.op
-    if op in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.ASSIGN}: becomes_map[k] = v
-    if op is Ops.CONST and all_int(v.shape): becomes_map[k] = v
-
   # if a kernel depends on a buffer, and that buffer is later assigned to, make the assign depend on the kernel's assign
   kernel_assign: dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
   assign_rep: dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
@@ -461,14 +452,23 @@ def get_becomes_map(big_sink:UOp) -> dict[UOp, UOp]:
         raise RuntimeError(f"cycle detected in graph, kernel for {u.buf_uop} must either depend on ASSIGN or BUFFER")
       assign_rep[a] = kernel_assign[s] = a.replace(src=a.src+(u,))
   if assign_rep:
-    sched_sink = sched_sink.substitute(assign_rep)
+    tensor_map = graph_rewrite_map(tensor_map[big_sink], _substitute, assign_rep, bottom_up=True, input_map=tensor_map, name="fix_assign")
+    sched_sink = tensor_map[big_sink]
     type_verify(list(sched_sink.toposort), kernel_spec)
-  becomes_map[big_sink] = sched_sink
 
   # display the final graph
   if getenv("VIZ"): graph_rewrite(sched_sink, PatternMatcher([]), name="View Kernel Graph")
   if getenv("VIZ"): graph_rewrite(sched_sink, PatternMatcher([]), name="View Memory Graph")
 
+  # map tensors to buffer/const/assign, optionally apply a VIEW on top
+  becomes_map: dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
+  for k,v in tensor_map.items():
+    if (kernel:=tensor_map.get(v.base)) is not None and kernel.base.op is Ops.ASSIGN: v = kernel.view(unwrap(v.st))
+    if k is v: continue
+    op = v.base.op
+    if op in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.ASSIGN}: becomes_map[k] = v
+    if op is Ops.CONST and all_int(v.shape): becomes_map[k] = v
+
   # capture process replay
   if CAPTURE_PROCESS_REPLAY:
     with Context(PICKLE_BUFFERS=0):
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index ee59ac2bae..c3a1fd8157 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pm_unbind = PatternMatcher([
 
 def create_schedule_with_vars(big_sink:UOp) -> tuple[list[ScheduleItem], dict[Variable, int], dict[UOp, UOp]]:
   becomes_map = get_becomes_map(big_sink)
-  sched_sink = becomes_map.pop(big_sink)
+  sched_sink = UOp.sink(*[becomes_map.get(x,x) for x in big_sink.src])
 
   # bfs toposort
   children: dict[UOp, list[UOp]] = {}