diff --git a/test/test_uop_graph.py b/test/test_uop_graph.py
index d3dbe110..5f8ff84a 100644
--- a/test/test_uop_graph.py
+++ b/test/test_uop_graph.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from test.helpers import TestUOps
 from tinygrad import dtypes, Variable
 from tinygrad.dtype import PtrDType
 from tinygrad.ops import BinaryOps, TernaryOps, UnaryOps
-from tinygrad.codegen.uops import UOpGraph, UOps, UOp, PatternMatcher, graph_rewrite
+from tinygrad.codegen.uops import UOpGraph, UOps, UOp, PatternMatcher, graph_rewrite, graph_dedup
 #from tinygrad.engine.graph import print_tree
 
 simple_pm = PatternMatcher([
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ simple_pm = PatternMatcher([
 ])
 
 class TestGraphRewrite(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_dedup(self):
+    v1 = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.float)
+    v2 = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.float)
+    nout = graph_dedup(v1+v2)
+    self.assertIs(nout.src[0], nout.src[1])
+
   def test_simple(self):
     c1 = UOp.const(dtypes.float, 1.0)
     c2 = UOp.const(dtypes.float, 2.0)
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py b/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
index 390583c5..383c2afe 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
@@ -296,6 +296,28 @@ def graph_rewrite(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher) -> UOp:
     return __inner_rewrite(new_n) if (new_n := pm.rewrite(n)) else n
   return __inner_rewrite(sink)
 
+def graph_dedup(sink:UOp):
+  # add nodes to graph in reverse BFS order
+  # dedup all nodes
+  in_degree: Dict[UOp, int] = {}
+  children: Dict[UOp, List[UOp]] = {}
+  get_children_dfs(sink, children, in_degree)
+
+  nodes: Dict[Tuple, UOp] = {}
+  queue = deque([k for k, v in in_degree.items() if v == 0])
+  replace_nodes: Dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
+  while queue:
+    n = queue.popleft()
+    if n in replace_nodes: continue
+    key = (n.op, n.dtype, tuple(replace_nodes.get(x, x) for x in n.src), n.arg)
+    if found:=nodes.get(key): replace_nodes[n] = found
+    else: replace_nodes[n] = nodes[key] = UOp(*key)
+    for x in children[n]:
+      in_degree[x] -= 1
+      if in_degree[x] == 0:
+        queue.append(x)
+  return replace_nodes.get(sink, sink)
+
 class UOpGraph:
   def __init__(self, sinks:List[UOp]):
     self.sinks: List[UOp] = sinks
@@ -321,34 +343,13 @@ class UOpGraph:
     for i,u in enumerate(self):
       print(f"{i:4d} {str(u.op):20s}: {str(u.dtype) if u.dtype is not None else '':25s} " f"{str([self.uops.index(x) for x in u.src]):32s} {u.arg}")
 
-  def graph_dedup(self, sink:UOp):
-    # add nodes to graph in reverse BFS order
-    # dedup all nodes
-    in_degree: Dict[UOp, int] = {}
-    children: Dict[UOp, List[UOp]] = {}
-    get_children_dfs(sink, children, in_degree)
-
-    queue = deque([k for k, v in in_degree.items() if v == 0])
-    replace_nodes: Dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
-    while queue:
-      n = queue.popleft()
-      if n in replace_nodes: continue
-      key = (n.op, n.dtype, tuple(replace_nodes.get(x, x) for x in n.src), n.arg)
-      if found:=self.nodes.get(key): replace_nodes[n] = found
-      else: replace_nodes[n] = self.nodes[key] = UOp(*key)
-      for x in children[n]:
-        in_degree[x] -= 1
-        if in_degree[x] == 0:
-          queue.append(x)
-    return replace_nodes.get(sink, sink)
-
   def linearize(self, extra_pm:Optional[PatternMatcher]=None, type_verify=True):
     # NOTE: relinearizering should be okay
     #assert self._uops is None, "already linearized"
-    self.nodes: Dict[Tuple, UOp] = {}
+    sink = UOp(UOps.SINK, None, tuple(self.sinks))
 
     # dedup all nodes in graph
-    sink = self.graph_dedup(UOp(UOps.SINK, None, tuple(self.sinks)))
+    sink = graph_dedup(sink)
 
     # do graph rewrite
     sink = graph_rewrite(sink, constant_folder)