diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index f518d6efae..f50dcaea5b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -3784,7 +3784,7 @@ class Tensor(OpMixin):
     S, indices = U.square().sum(-2).sqrt().sort(dim = -1, descending=True)
     new_indices = indices.reshape(b_shape + (1, num)).expand(b_shape + (num, num))
     U = U.gather(-1, new_indices) / (S != 0).where(S, 1).unsqueeze(-2)
-    V = V.gather(-1, new_indices).realize()
+    V = V.gather(-1, new_indices)
 
     padded_u = Tensor.eye(q_num, dtype=U.dtype).reshape((1,) * len(b_shape) + (q_num, q_num)).expand(b_shape + (q_num, q_num)).contiguous()
     padded_u[..., 0:num, 0:num] = U