diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
index 1615ea619a..e5efff7f18 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ def full_rewrite_to_sink(ast:UOp, ren:Renderer, optimize:bool=True) -> UOp:
   supported_ops = tuple(ren.code_for_op.keys())
   pm_decomp = symbolic_simple+get_simplifying_rewrite_patterns(supported_ops)
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, pm_decomp, name="early decompositions")
-  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, pm_dtype_decomps, ctx=(set(), ren), name="decomp dtypes")
 
   # do memory coalesing (late)
   sink = memory_coalesing(sink, ren)
 
+  # do dtype decomps
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, pm_dtype_decomps, ctx=(set(), ren), name="decomp dtypes")
+
   # instruction selection decompositions
   pm_decomp = pm_decomp+\
     get_late_rewrite_patterns(supported_ops, bool(DISABLE_FAST_IDIV))+\
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalese.py b/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalese.py
index 5b5b604689..e59cbb22a1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalese.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/late/coalese.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, IMAGE
 from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer
 from tinygrad.codegen.late.devectorizer import image_valid_dims, _drop_valid_stmts, uop_given_valid
 
-def transform_to_image(ctx, buf:UOp, x:UOp, valid:UOp|None=None) -> UOp:
+def transform_to_image(ctx, buf:UOp, x:UOp, valid:UOp|None=None) -> UOp|None:
   # search for dims that drop the most valid statements
   best_drop, cands = -1, []
   for ch, cw in image_valid_dims(buf.dtype.base, buf.max_numel(), ctx.target.arch):