diff --git a/test/test_jit.py b/test/test_jit.py
index 7c6bf77206..a9a29ed90d 100644
--- a/test/test_jit.py
+++ b/test/test_jit.py
@@ -277,6 +277,38 @@ class TestJit(unittest.TestCase):
     assert len(res3) == 5, "All values should be different, rand works in jit."
     assert res3 != res2, "Jit rand is diff with diff seeds"
 
+  @unittest.expectedFailure  # TODO: fix
+  def test_jit_v_nojit_random_regen(self):
+    def f(a, b):
+      rn = Tensor.randn(*a.shape)
+      rn = rn * a
+      rn2 = Tensor.randn(*a.shape)
+      rn2 = rn2 * b
+      rn = rn + rn2
+      rn2 = rn2 + Tensor.randn(*a.shape)
+      return ((a+b)*rn).realize(), ((a+b)*rn2).realize()
+    Tensor.manual_seed(0)
+    a = Tensor.randn(10, 10).realize()  # realize these before resetting the random seed
+    b = Tensor.randn(10, 10).realize()
+
+    Tensor.manual_seed(1234)
+    without_jit = set()
+    for _ in range(5):
+      o1, o2 = f(a, b)
+      without_jit.add(o1.numpy()[0][0])
+      without_jit.add(o2.numpy()[0][0])
+    assert len(without_jit) == 10, "All values should be different."
+
+    Tensor.manual_seed(1234)
+    jf = TinyJit(f)
+    with_jit = set()
+    for _ in range(5):
+      o1, o2 = jf(a, b)
+      with_jit.add(o1.numpy()[0][0])
+      with_jit.add(o2.numpy()[0][0])
+    assert len(with_jit) == 10, "All values should be different."
+    assert with_jit == without_jit, "Jit rand produced different values from no jit."
+
   def test_jit_multiple_random_regen(self):
     def f(a, b):
       rn = Tensor.randn(*a.shape)
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py b/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
index e25477388c..ab4c83b914 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
@@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ def simplify_valid(valid:UOp) -> UOp|None:
 # ***** threefry *****
 
 def threefry2x32(x: UOp, key: UOp):
-  # split x into two uint32, since x in a uint64
+  # split x and key from uint64 to two uint32
   x0, x1 = (x & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32), ((x // 2**32) & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32)
+  key0, key1 = (key & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32), ((key // 2**32) & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32)
 
   rotations = [[13, 15, 26, 6], [17, 29, 16, 24]]
-  key0, key1 = (key & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32), ((key // 2**32) & 0xffffffff).cast(dtypes.uint32)
   ks = [key1, key0 ^ key1 ^ 0x1BD11BDA, key0]
   xr = [x0 + ks[-1], x1 + ks[0]]
   for i in range(5):