diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 893249c1b3..06019667dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ jobs:
         deps: testing_unit
     - name: Fuzz Test symbolic
       run: python test/external/fuzz_symbolic.py
+    - name: Fuzz Test symbolic (symbolic divisors)
+      run: python test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
     - name: Fuzz Test fast idiv
       run: python test/external/fuzz_fast_idiv.py
     - name: Fuzz Test shape ops
diff --git a/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..693eb37e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import random
+import z3
+from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops
+from tinygrad.uop.validate import uops_to_z3
+from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, Context, colored
+
+seed = random.randint(0, 100)
+print(f"Seed: {seed}")
+random.seed(seed)
+
+def get_random_term(ranges, factors):
+  # 10% chance of nesting
+  if random.randint(0,9) == 0: return get_random_expr(ranges, factors)
+  return random.choice(ranges)*random.choice(factors)*random.choice([1, 1, 1, -1])
+
+def get_random_expr(ranges, factors):
+  num_terms = random.randint(2,4)
+  x = UOp.sum(*[get_random_term(ranges, factors) for _ in range(num_terms)])
+  return x.alu(random.choice([Ops.IDIV, Ops.MOD]), x.ufix(random.choice(factors)*random.choice([1, 1, 1, -1])))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  skipped = 0
+  for i in range(700):
+    if i % 100 == 0:
+      print(f"Running test {i}")
+    upper_bounds = [*list(range(1, 4)), 16, 33, 53, 64, 256]
+    variable_names = ["i", "j", "k"]
+    variables = [UOp.variable(s, 1, random.choice(upper_bounds)) for s in variable_names]
+    factors = variables+upper_bounds
+    # add some products
+    for _ in range(2): factors.append(random.choice(variables)*random.choice(variables))
+    # add some adds
+    for _ in range(2): factors.append(random.choice(variables)+random.choice(factors))
+    num_ranges = 4
+    ranges = [UOp.range(random.choice(factors), i) for i in range(num_ranges)]
+    variable_names += [f"r{i}" for i in range(num_ranges)]
+    expr = get_random_expr(ranges, factors)
+
+    with Context(CORRECT_DIVMOD_FOLDING=1):
+      simplified_expr = expr.simplify()
+
+    if DEBUG>=1:
+      print(expr.render(simplify=False), "  -->  ", simplified_expr.render(simplify=False))
+
+    solver = z3.Solver()
+    solver.set(timeout=3000)  # some expressions take very long verify, but its very unlikely they actually return sat
+    z3_expr, z3_simplified_expr, *z3_vars = uops_to_z3(solver, expr, simplified_expr, *variables, *ranges)
+    check = solver.check(z3_simplified_expr != z3_expr)
+    if check == z3.unknown and DEBUG>=1:
+      skipped += 1
+      print("skipped z3 verification due to timeout")
+    elif check == z3.sat:
+      print(colored("simplify INCORRECT!", "red"))
+      print(solver.model())
+      var_vals = {s:solver.model()[z] for s,z in zip(variable_names, z3_vars)}
+      print("reproduce with:")
+      print("var_vals = ", var_vals)
+      print("globals = var_vals|{'cdiv':cdiv,'cmod':cmod}")
+      print("expr = ast.simplify()")
+      print("assert eval(ast.render(pm=renderer_infer, simplify=False),globals) == eval(expr.render(pm=renderer_infer, simplify=False),globals)")
+      print()
+
+      assert False
+
+    if DEBUG >= 2: print(f"validated {expr.render()}")
+  print(f"Skipped {skipped} expressions due to timeout")
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/validate.py b/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
index 3e0af8efc0..fafe08fc8e 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/validate.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try:
     # variables
     (UPat(Ops.SPECIAL, name="x"), lambda x,ctx: create_bounded(x.arg, 0, ctx[1][x.src[0]]-1, ctx[0])),
     (UPat(Ops.DEFINE_VAR, name="x"), lambda x,ctx: create_bounded(x.arg[0], x.arg[1], x.arg[2], ctx[0])),
-    (UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="x"), lambda x,ctx: create_bounded(f"r{x.arg}", 0, ctx[1][x.src[0]]-1, ctx[0])),
+    (UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="x"), lambda x,ctx: create_bounded(x.render(simplify=False), 0, ctx[1][x.src[0]]-1, ctx[0])),
     # loads are variables bounded by the min/max of the dtype
     (UPat(Ops.LOAD, dtypes.ints+(dtypes.index,), name="x"), lambda x,ctx: create_bounded(f"load{len(ctx[1])}", x.dtype.min, x.dtype.max, ctx[0])),
     (UPat(Ops.LOAD, dtypes.bool, name="x"), lambda x,ctx: (z3.Bool(f"load{len(ctx[1])}", ctx=ctx[0].ctx), None)),