diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index 20ca1ccd2c..ccf423d0a5 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -2258,6 +2258,17 @@ class TestCopyFolding(unittest.TestCase):
     add = schedule_graph_rewrite(add)
     assert all_same([x.device for x in add.src]), f"ALU has different devices! {[x.device for x in add.src]}"
 
+  def test_copy_to_same_device(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4).lazydata
+    b = a.copy_to_device(a.device)
+    check_schedule(b, 0, filter_sink=False)
+    b = schedule_graph_rewrite(b)
+    self.assertIs(b, a)
+
+  def test_clone(self):
+    a = Tensor.empty(4).lazydata
+    check_schedule(a.clone(), 1, filter_sink=False)
+
 class TestTensorUOpSpec(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_const_must_be_unmasked(self):
     a = Tensor.ones((4, 4)).pad((2, 2))
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 74892dbed8..cbf0038fd2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -427,8 +427,6 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
     # otherwise it's just a VIEW(BUFFER)
     return UOp(Ops.VIEW, dtype, (UOp.new_buffer(device, (st:=ShapeTracker.from_shape(shape)).size, dtype),), st)
   def copy_to_device(self, device:str, clone:bool=False) -> UOp:
-    # no COPY
-    if self.device == device and not clone: return self
     # if it's a shrink, do the shrink before the copy with CONTIGUOUS
     if prod(self.shape) < prod(self.base.shape): return self.contiguous().copy_to_device(device)
     # COPY is COPY(DEVICE, copyin.base) -> VIEW(copyin.st)