diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index eb4452799b..8174a527d2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ class LocalAddBufferContext:
   dg:int = 0
   map:dict = field(default_factory=dict)
   vars:dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+  range:int = 0
 
 def debuf(ctx:LocalAddBufferContext, buf:UOp):
   ret = UOp(Ops.DEFINE_GLOBAL, buf.dtype.ptr(buf.arg), arg=ctx.dg)
@@ -477,6 +478,12 @@ def handle_assign(ctx:LocalAddBufferContext, assign:UOp):
   ctx.map[buf] = assign
   return buf
 
+def renumber_range(ctx:LocalAddBufferContext, r:UOp):
+  if r.tag is not None: return None
+  ret = r.replace(arg=(ctx.range,)+r.arg[1:], tag=())
+  ctx.range += 1
+  return ret
+
 to_define_global = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.BUFFER, name="buf"), debuf),
   (UPat(Ops.BIND, name="b"), unbind_kernel),
@@ -485,6 +492,9 @@ to_define_global = PatternMatcher([
   # HACK in case any CONSTs were replaced
   # this is only needed if you are using symbolic
   #(UPat(Ops.CONST, name="c"), lambda c: c.replace(src=()) if len(c.src) else None),
+
+  # renumber the ranges starting with 0 so that kernel deduping works
+  (UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="r"), renumber_range),
 ])
 
 rangeify_codegen = PatternMatcher([