diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
index b0e73b8415..49b1a32a37 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class LNXPCIIfaceBase:
 
   def alloc(self, size:int, host=False, uncached=False, cpu_access=False, contiguous=False, force_devmem=False, **kwargs) -> HCQBuffer:
     # NOTE: logic on macos is different, since bar is small
-    should_use_sysmem = host or (((uncached or cpu_access) if OSX else (uncached and cpu_access)) and not force_devmem)
+    should_use_sysmem = host or ((cpu_access if OSX else (uncached and cpu_access)) and not force_devmem)
     if should_use_sysmem:
       vaddr = self.dev_impl.mm.alloc_vaddr(size:=round_up(size, mmap.PAGESIZE), align=mmap.PAGESIZE)
       memview, paddrs = System.alloc_sysmem(size, vaddr=vaddr, contiguous=contiguous)