diff --git a/test/unit/test_uop_vmin_vmax.py b/test/unit/test_uop_vmin_vmax.py
index b67a5ae6ca..044a8fa13b 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_uop_vmin_vmax.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_uop_vmin_vmax.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TestVminVmaxProperties(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_vmin_vmax_variable_inside_special(self):
     uop = UOp(Ops.SPECIAL, dtypes.int, arg=('gidx0', UOp(Ops.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.int, arg=('i', 1, 10))))
     self.assertEqual(uop.vmin, 0)
-    self.assertEqual(uop.vmax, 10)
+    self.assertEqual(uop.vmax, 9)
 
   def test_vmin_vmax_multiplication_0_inf(self):
     # vmin and vmax for multiplication with a variable
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index f3d57a79c9..ac5f56c4f4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
     if self.op is Ops.BIND: return self.src[0]._min_max # ignore the bound value
     if self.op in {Ops.UNROLL, Ops.VECTORIZE}: return min(x.vmin for x in self.src), max(x.vmax for x in self.src)
     # TODO: Ops.SPECIAL is Ops.DEFINE_VAR
-    if self.op is Ops.SPECIAL: return 0, self.arg[1]-1 if isinstance(self.arg[1], int) else self.arg[1].vmax
+    if self.op is Ops.SPECIAL: return 0, self.arg[1]-1 if isinstance(self.arg[1], int) else self.arg[1].vmax-1
     if self.op is Ops.CONST: return self.arg, self.arg
     if self.op is Ops.VCONST: return (min(self.arg), max(self.arg))
     # TODO: CAST to bool/unsigned is not monotone, still some case can be simplified