diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index d4edebb174..7f31139937 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ def dtype_from_uop(op:Ops, src:tuple[UOp,...], arg:Any) -> DType|None:
   # NOTE: CMPLT, CMPNE, CMPEQ, WHERE, SHL, SHR are handled above
   if op in GroupOp.Broadcastable:
     # TODO: support dtype broadcasting (promotion)
-    if len(src) == 0: return dtypes.void
     if not all_same([x.dtype for x in src]): raise RuntimeError(f"dtype mismatch in {op}")
     return src[0].dtype
   if op in GroupOp.Movement: return src[0].dtype
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/upat.py b/tinygrad/uop/upat.py
index 9d87680c75..4a22dcf61c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/upat.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/upat.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _get_clause(self:UPat, base:UOp, depth=0) -> UOp:
       fork_cond = [UOp(Ops.AND, src=tuple([_get_clause(s, base.index(i), depth) for i,s in enumerate(ss)])) for ss in self.src]
       and_clause.append(UOp(Ops.OR, src=tuple(fork_cond)))
     else: raise RuntimeError("broken")
-  return UOp(Ops.AND, src=tuple(and_clause))
+  return UOp(Ops.AND, src=tuple(and_clause)) if and_clause else UOp(Ops.CUSTOMI, arg="True")
 
 # *** pattern matcher ***