diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py b/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
index e763701b9e..5008e4e660 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ base_rewrite = PatternMatcher([
   # memory load/store
   (UPat(Ops.INDEX, name="x"), lambda ctx,x:
    f"  {ctx[x]} = getelementptr inbounds {ldt(x.dtype.base)}, {ldt(x.src[0].dtype)} {ctx[x.src[0]]}, {ldt(x.src[1].dtype)} {ctx[x.src[1]]}"),
-  (UPat(Ops.LOAD, src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, src=(UPat(), UPat(), UPat.var("mask"))).or_casted("idx"), UPat.var("alt")), allow_any_len=True, name="x"),
+  (UPat(Ops.LOAD, src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX).or_casted("idx"), UPat.var("mask"), UPat.var("alt")), allow_any_len=True, name="x"),
    lambda ctx,x,idx,alt,mask:
    f"  br label {ctx[x]}_entry\n{ctx[x][1:]}_entry:\n"
    f"  br i1 {ctx[mask]}, label {ctx[x]}_load, label {ctx[x]}_exit\n{ctx[x][1:]}_load:\n"