diff --git a/test/test_arange.py b/test/test_arange.py
index 0eec281f0c..5599996011 100644
--- a/test/test_arange.py
+++ b/test/test_arange.py
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
 
   @unittest.skipIf(getenv("PTX"), "broken on ptx for some reason")
   def test_index_mnist(self, noopt=1, op_limit=512*784*13, split_reduceop=0):
+    # WEBGPU generates more ops due to bitpacking of < 4-byte dtypes
+    if Device.DEFAULT == "WEBGPU": op_limit *= 15
     from tinygrad.nn.datasets import mnist
     X_train, Y_train, _, _ = mnist()
     with Context(NOOPT=noopt, FUSE_ARANGE=1, SPLIT_REDUCEOP=split_reduceop):
@@ -190,9 +192,7 @@ class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
   # TODO: fix these on WEBGPU, it looks like it has to do with packed stuff
   @unittest.skipIf(getenv("WEBGPU"), "broken on webgpu for some reason")
   def test_index_mnist_opt(self): self.test_index_mnist(0)
-  @unittest.skipIf(getenv("WEBGPU"), "broken on webgpu for some reason")
   def test_index_mnist_split(self): self.test_index_mnist(1, split_reduceop=1)
-  @unittest.skipIf(getenv("WEBGPU"), "broken on webgpu for some reason")
   def test_index_mnist_opt_split(self): self.test_index_mnist(0, split_reduceop=1)
 
   @unittest.skipIf(getenv("PTX"), "broken on ptx for some reason")