diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py b/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
index 9cd5ca7623..dec7be249b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/symbolic.py
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ symbolic = symbolic_simple+PatternMatcher([
   ((UPat.var("x", dtype=dtypes.ints)//UPat.cvar("c0", vec=False))<UPat.cvar("c1", vec=False),
    lambda x,c0,c1: x<(c1.arg*c0.arg) if c0.arg > 0 else None),
   # ** move add/mul consts to end (NOTE: this is still happening before constant folding) **
-  (UPat(Ops.ADD, src=(UPat.var("x"), UPat.cvar("c1"))) + UPat.var("y"), lambda x,c1,y: (x+y)+c1),
-  (UPat(Ops.MUL, src=(UPat.var("x"), UPat.cvar("c1"))) * UPat.var("y"), lambda x,c1,y: (x*y)*c1),
+  ((UPat.var("x") + UPat.cvar("c1")) + UPat.var("y"), lambda x,c1,y: (x+y)+c1),
+  ((UPat.var("x") * UPat.cvar("c1")) * UPat.var("y"), lambda x,c1,y: (x*y)*c1),
   # *** rules from symbolic ***
   # unrolled arange div folding
   (UPat(Ops.ADD, name="divs", src=[UPat(), UPat(Ops.IDIV)]), fold_unrolled_divs),