diff --git a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
index 74a8fee8be..94fa484d11 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import pathlib, tempfile, unittest
+import os, pathlib, tempfile, unittest
 import numpy as np
 from tinygrad import Tensor, Device, dtypes
 from tinygrad.dtype import DType
@@ -410,5 +410,13 @@ class TestPathTensor(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual(t_cpu.device, "CPU")
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(t_cpu.numpy(), np.frombuffer(self.test_data, dtype=np.uint8))
 
+  def test_path_tensor_disk_device_bug(self):
+    test_file = pathlib.Path(self.temp_dir.name) / "disk_device_bug"
+    with open(test_file, "wb") as f: f.write(bytes(range(10)))
+    os.chmod(test_file, 0o000)
+    with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
+      Tensor(pathlib.Path(test_file)).tolist()
+    os.chmod(test_file, 0o644)
+    assert Tensor(pathlib.Path(test_file)).tolist(), list(range(10))
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
index 34d499966f..1cfd5d4e6c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ class DiskDevice(Compiled):
     self.fd: Optional[int] = None
     self.count = 0
     super().__init__(device, DiskAllocator(self), None, None, None)
-  def _might_open(self, size):
-    self.count += 1
+  def _might_open(self, size:int):
     assert self.size is None or size <= self.size, f"can't reopen Disk tensor with larger size, opened with {self.size}, tried to open with {size}"
-    if self.size is not None: return
+    if self.size is not None and hasattr(self.device, "mem"):
+      self.count += 1
+      return
     filename = self.device[len("disk:"):]
     self.size = size
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class DiskDevice(Compiled):
       self.mem = mmap.mmap(self.fd, self.size)
     if hasattr(self.mem, 'madvise') and (hp := getattr(mmap, "MADV_HUGEPAGE", None)) is not None:
       with contextlib.suppress(OSError): self.mem.madvise(hp) # some systems have transparent_hugepage disabled
+    self.count += 1
   def _might_close(self):
     self.count -= 1
     if self.count == 0: