diff --git a/test/test_assign.py b/test/test_assign.py
index ef9b53826e..248460908f 100644
--- a/test/test_assign.py
+++ b/test/test_assign.py
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ class TestAssign(unittest.TestCase):
     new = a + times_a
     np.testing.assert_allclose(new.numpy(), 5)
 
+  @unittest.expectedFailure
+  def test_assign_diamond_possible(self):
+    a = Tensor.ones(4).contiguous().realize()
+    times_a = a*3
+    a.assign(Tensor.full((4,), 2.).contiguous())
+    new = a + (times_a+1).contiguous()
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(new.numpy(), 6)
+
   def test_assign_diamond_alt(self):
     a = Tensor.ones(4).contiguous().realize()
     a.assign(Tensor.full((4,), 2.).contiguous())
diff --git a/tinygrad/realize.py b/tinygrad/realize.py
index 5b7a357b45..c6c733ceec 100644
--- a/tinygrad/realize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/realize.py
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ def create_schedule(outs:List[LazyBuffer], seen:Optional[Set[LazyBuffer]]=None)
       assert len(realized_children) == 1
       reduce_for_op[next(iter(realized_children.keys()))] = r
 
+  # preschedule all buffers in realizes
+  prescheduled = {x:_schedule_one(x, realizes, reduce_for_op) for x in realizes if x not in seen and x.realized is None and x.op is not LoadOps.CONST}
+
+  # breadth first ordering
   graph: DefaultDict[LazyBuffer,List[LazyBuffer]] = defaultdict(list)
   in_degree: DefaultDict[LazyBuffer,int] = defaultdict(int)
   queue: Deque[LazyBuffer] = deque()
@@ -251,16 +255,17 @@ def create_schedule(outs:List[LazyBuffer], seen:Optional[Set[LazyBuffer]]=None)
       in_degree[buf] += 1
     if in_degree[buf] == 0: queue.append(buf)
 
-  sorted_realizes: List[LazyBuffer] = []
+  schedule: List[ScheduleItem] = []
   while queue:
     buf = queue.popleft()
     if buf in realizes and buf not in seen:
-      sorted_realizes.append(buf)
+      schedule.append(prescheduled[buf])
       seen.add(buf)
     for x in graph[buf]:
       in_degree[x] -= 1
       if in_degree[x] == 0: queue.append(x)
 
-  sched:List[ScheduleItem] = []
-  for x in sorted_realizes: sched.append(_schedule_one(x, realizes, reduce_for_op))
-  return sched
+  # confirm everything was scheduled
+  assert len(prescheduled) == len(schedule), f"prescheduled {len(prescheduled)} but only scheduled {len(schedule)}"
+  return schedule
+