diff --git a/test/amd/test_asm_kernel.py b/test/amd/test_asm_kernel.py
index 5ba12765cd..c7b6b036c4 100644
--- a/test/amd/test_asm_kernel.py
+++ b/test/amd/test_asm_kernel.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def custom_add_var(A:UOp, B:UOp) -> UOp:
   A,B = A.flatten(), B.flatten()
   assert A.dtype == dtypes.uint32, f"buffer dtype must be uint32, got {A.dtype}"
   threads = UOp.special(A.numel(), "lidx0")
-  var = UOp.param(2, dtypes.weakint, vmin_vmax=(0, 10), name="var", addrspace=AddrSpace.ALU)
+  var = UOp.param(2, dtypes.int, vmin_vmax=(0, 10), name="var", addrspace=AddrSpace.ALU)
   insts = [
     s_load_b128(s[4:7], s[0:1]),
     s_load_b32(s[8], s[0:1], offset=0x10), # all threads load the same variable
diff --git a/test/null/test_uop_symbolic.py b/test/null/test_uop_symbolic.py
index bc9e39d65b..e7e5546214 100644
--- a/test/null/test_uop_symbolic.py
+++ b/test/null/test_uop_symbolic.py
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ class TestSymbolic(unittest.TestCase):
     self.helper_test_variable(cond.ne(False), 0, 1, "(x<2)")
 
   def test_bitcast_chain(self):
-    a = Variable("a", 0, 3)
+    a = UOp.variable("a", 0, 3, dtype=dtypes.int32)
     self.assertIs(graph_rewrite(a.bitcast(dtypes.float32).bitcast(a.dtype), sym), a)
 
   def test_negation_in_where(self):
diff --git a/tinygrad/callify.py b/tinygrad/callify.py
index 734fc68c2c..0fce987b0c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/callify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/callify.py
@@ -179,10 +179,9 @@ def finalize_after(ctx:AllocCtx, x:UOp):
 
 def replace_input_buffer(ctx:AllocCtx, b:UOp):
   ctx.replacements.append(b)
+  if b.op is Ops.BIND: return b.param_like(len(ctx.replacements)-1)
   return UOp.param(len(ctx.replacements)-1, b.dtype, b.shape, b.device,
-                   b._min_max if b.op is Ops.BIND else None, name=b.src[0].expr if b.op is Ops.BIND else None,
-                   addrspace=b.addrspace if b.addrspace is not None else AddrSpace.GLOBAL,
-                   multiple_of=b.src[0].arg.multiple_of if b.op is Ops.BIND else None)
+                   addrspace=b.addrspace if b.addrspace is not None else AddrSpace.GLOBAL)
 
 pm_finalize_call = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.AFTER, name="x"), finalize_after),
diff --git a/tinygrad/dtype.py b/tinygrad/dtype.py
index 6defe35113..513515dba9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/dtype.py
+++ b/tinygrad/dtype.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class dtypes:
   uints = (uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64)
   sints = (int8, int16, int32, int64)
   ints = uints + sints
-  weaks = (weakfloat,)
+  weaks = (weakint, weakfloat)
   all = floats + ints + (bool,) # noqa: A003
 
 if (env_default_float := getenv("DEFAULT_FLOAT", "")):