diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/spec.py b/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
index 71a1379768..0e16188cf1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ program_spec = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.INDEX, src=(UPat(GroupOp.Defines).or_after(), UPat())), lambda: True),
 
   # LOAD (idx, alt_value) / LOAD(idx) / STORE(idx, val)
-  (UPat(Ops.LOAD,  src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, name="idx").or_casted(), UPat((Ops.VECTORIZE, Ops.VCONST, Ops.CONST)))), validate_index),
+  (UPat(Ops.LOAD,  src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, name="idx").or_casted(), UPat())), validate_index),
   (UPat(Ops.LOAD,  src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, name="idx").or_casted(), )), validate_index),
   (UPat(Ops.STORE, src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, name="idx").or_casted(), UPat())), validate_index),