diff --git a/tinygrad/callify.py b/tinygrad/callify.py
index 1288657e47..242a6535bb 100644
--- a/tinygrad/callify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/callify.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def replace_contig_with_store_after(u:UOp):
 
 def replace_store_after_with_contig(u:UOp, src:UOp):
   assigned_to = u
-  while assigned_to.op in {Ops.BITCAST, Ops.AFTER}: assigned_to = assigned_to.src[0].base
+  while assigned_to.op in {Ops.BITCAST, Ops.AFTER, Ops.MULTI}: assigned_to = assigned_to.src[0].base
   if assigned_to.op is not Ops.BUFFER: return src.contiguous(tag=u.tag)
 
 def _make_buffer_view(src:UOp) -> UOp|None:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _make_buffer_view(src:UOp) -> UOp|None:
 def contiguous_mops_to_view(c:UOp, src:UOp):
   """CONTIGUOUS(MOPS(BUFFER)) → CONTIGUOUS(SLICE) when movement ops collapse to a contiguous range."""
   buf = src.base
-  if buf.op not in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.SLICE}: return None
+  if buf.op not in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.SLICE, Ops.MULTI}: return None
   if src.op is Ops.RESHAPE and src.src[0].op in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.SLICE}: return None
 
   # no symbolic shape
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def transform_to_call(big_sink:UOp) -> tuple[UOp, dict[UOp, UOp]]:
   # uop list is a list in the original_sink graph and we can map to the tags later
   # here we build buffer map
   dont_realize = {Ops.CONST, Ops.BUFFER, Ops.BIND, Ops.AFTER}
-  ctx = AllocCtx(bases=set([x.multibase for x in big_sink.src if x.base.op not in dont_realize and x.base.addrspace is not AddrSpace.ALU]))
+  ctx = AllocCtx(bases=set([x.base for x in big_sink.src if x.base.op not in dont_realize and x.base.addrspace is not AddrSpace.ALU]))
 
   # this rewrite is "read-only", it adds simple things to buffer_map and may sink things on big_sink, bottom_up
   # this is the only one where we have to be careful to not break the tensor graph
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index 2c507c53cb..ba0784406c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -668,13 +668,6 @@ class UOp(RandMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
 
   @property
   def base(self) -> UOp:
-    if self.op in GroupOp.Movement: return self.src[0].base
-    if self.op is Ops.MULTI: return self.src[0].base  # MULTI is really a VIEW
-    if self.op is Ops.DETACH: return self.src[0].base  # DETACH can't change base
-    return self
-
-  @property
-  def multibase(self) -> UOp:
     if self.op in GroupOp.Movement: return self.src[0].base
     if self.op is Ops.DETACH: return self.src[0].base  # DETACH can't change base
     return self
@@ -822,7 +815,7 @@ class UOp(RandMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
 
   @property
   def buffer(self) -> Buffer|MultiBuffer:
-    if self.op in {Ops.CONTIGUOUS, Ops.RESHAPE, Ops.DETACH, Ops.AFTER}: return self.src[0].buffer
+    if self.op in {Ops.CONTIGUOUS, Ops.RESHAPE, Ops.MULTI, Ops.DETACH, Ops.AFTER}: return self.src[0].buffer
     # this buffer can process disk tensors and simple movement ops
     if self is not self.base:
       buf = self.base.buffer
@@ -864,6 +857,7 @@ class UOp(RandMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
     return ret
   @property
   def realized(self) -> Buffer|MultiBuffer|None:
+    if self.op is Ops.MULTI: return self.src[0].realized
     # only these can be realized
     if self.op not in (Ops.BUFFER, Ops.MSTACK): return None
     # LOCAL/REG scratch buffers are never realized