diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
index b688940b4b..2474c49a01 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import functools
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tinygrad.helpers import QUANTIZE, DEVECTORIZE, TRANSCENDENTAL
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, graph_rewrite, UOp
+from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify
 from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer
 
 # import all pattern matchers here
@@ -72,4 +73,8 @@ def _get_rewrites_for_renderer(opts:Renderer, linearizer:bool, _QUANTIZE, _DEVEC
 
 def full_rewrite_to_sink(sink:UOp, opts:Renderer|None=None, linearizer:bool=False) -> UOp:
   return apply_rewrites(sink, get_rewrites_for_renderer(opts if opts is not None else Renderer(), linearizer))
-def full_rewrite(sink:UOp, opts:Renderer|None=None) -> list[UOp]: return list(full_rewrite_to_sink(sink, opts, linearizer=True).arg.lst)
+
+def full_rewrite(sink:UOp, opts:Renderer|None=None) -> list[UOp]:
+  lst = list(full_rewrite_to_sink(sink, opts, linearizer=True).arg.lst)
+  if __debug__: type_verify(lst)
+  return lst
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/linearize.py b/tinygrad/codegen/linearize.py
index 23dfc791c2..d205299e54 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/linearize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/linearize.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, PatternMatcher, UPat, GroupOp
 from tinygrad.helpers import dedup, partition, all_same, flatten, getenv
-from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify
 
 # NOTE: any toposort should be valid here, unlike last time this isn't required, it's just for speed
 def block_reorder(lst:list[UOp]) -> list[UOp]:
@@ -237,9 +236,6 @@ def finalize(sink:UOp) -> UOp:
 
   # place the early things
   lst = sorted(dedup(sink.src), key=lambda x: x.tuplize) + list(sink.arg.lst)
-
-  if __debug__: type_verify(lst)
-
   return UOp(Ops.BLOCKFINAL, arg=BasicBlock(tuple(lst)))
 
 pm_finalize = PatternMatcher([(UPat(Ops.BLOCK, name="sink"), finalize)])