diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
index 6d6a66739e..2edd096720 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def do_reduce_with_expand(root):
   expands = [x for x in root.src[1:] if x.op is UOps.EXPAND]
   expands_reduce = [x for x in expands if root.src[0].op is UOps.EXPAND and all(y in root.src[0].arg for y in x.arg)]
   expands_non_reduce = [x for x in expands if x not in expands_reduce]
-  const = UOp.const(root.dtype.scalar(), dtypes.as_const(0, root.dtype.scalar()) if root.arg is ReduceOps.SUM else dtypes.min(root.dtype.scalar()))
+  const = UOp.const(root.dtype.scalar(), 0 if root.arg is ReduceOps.SUM else dtypes.min(root.dtype))
   ret = acc = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_ACC, root.dtype, (const,) + tuple(x for x in root.src[1:] if x.op is not UOps.EXPAND), (acc_number,))
   acc_number += 1
   alu_op = {ReduceOps.SUM:BinaryOps.ADD, ReduceOps.MAX:BinaryOps.MAX}[cast(ReduceOps, root.arg)]