diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 793c6c1170..6172275bef 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -403,17 +403,16 @@ class UPatScheduled(UPat):
 # ** this is schedule level const folding
 
 def simplify_reduceop(reduce:UOp, x:UOp) -> UOp|None:
+  if not all_int(x.shape): return None
   # remove reduce on unmasked const
-  if all_int(x.shape) and x.is_unrealized_unmasked_const():
-    prshape = prod(unwrap(x.st).shape[i] for i in reduce.arg[1])
-    ret = x.const_arg
-    match reduce.arg[0]:
-      case Ops.ADD: ret *= prshape
-      case Ops.MUL: ret **= prshape
-      case Ops.MAX: pass # NOTE: Ops.MAX is passthrough
-      case _: return None
-    return UOp.const(reduce.dtype, ret)
-  return None
+  prshape = prod(unwrap(x.st).shape[i] for i in reduce.arg[1])
+  ret = x.const_arg
+  match reduce.arg[0]:
+    case Ops.ADD: ret *= prshape
+    case Ops.MUL: ret **= prshape
+    case Ops.MAX: pass # NOTE: Ops.MAX is passthrough
+    case _: return None
+  return UOp.const(reduce.dtype, ret)
 
 def simplify_alu(alu:UOp):
   if not all(x.is_unrealized_unmasked_const() for x in alu.src): return None
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ ops_folding = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.REDUCE_AXIS, name="reduce", src=(UPat.var("x"),)),
    lambda reduce,x:UOp.const(reduce.dtype, identity_element(reduce.arg[0], reduce.dtype)) if x.size == 0 and reduce.size != 0 else None),
   # reduce of const is collapsed (TODO: make this a generic rule for stride0)
-  (UPat(Ops.REDUCE_AXIS, name="reduce", src=(UPat.var("x"),)), simplify_reduceop),
+  (UPat(Ops.REDUCE_AXIS, name="reduce", src=(UPat.cvar("x"),)), simplify_reduceop),
   # CONST doesn't need COPY
   (UPat(Ops.COPY, src=(UPat.cvar("x"),)), lambda x: x),
   # no double COPY
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 30a4a1223d..f7996c0272 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ class UOp(MathTrait, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
   def const_arg(self) -> ConstType:
     match self.base.op:
       case Ops.CONST: ret = self.base.arg
-      case Ops.VIEW: ret = self.base.src[1].const_arg
       case op: raise AssertionError(f"const_arg called on {op}")
     assert isinstance(ret, get_args(ConstType)), f"const_arg trying to return {ret}"
     return ret