diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 918b96e79c..cb976960a9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
   def multi(self, *more:UOp, axis:int|None):
     parents = (self,)+more
     assert all_same([x.dtype for x in parents]), "multi parents must have the same dtype"
-    return UOp(Ops.MULTI, self.dtype, parents, (axis,))
+    return UOp(Ops.MULTI, self.dtype, parents, axis)
 
   @property
   def bounds(self):
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
 
   @functools.cached_property
   def axis(self) -> Optional[int]:
-    if self.op is Ops.MULTI: return self.arg[0]
+    if self.op is Ops.MULTI: return self.arg
     # NOTE: they all have to share an axis, we always choose [-1]
     if self.op in GroupOp.ALU: return axes[-1] if (axes := dedup([x.axis for x in self.src if x.axis is not None])) else None
     src_axis = self.src[0].axis