diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a0ed566..808dd71d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ datasets/imagenet/
 datasets/squad/
 datasets/img_align_celeba*
 datasets/open-images-v6-mlperf
+datasets/kits/
diff --git a/tinygrad/lazy.py b/tinygrad/lazy.py
index 1e21725f..b3399961 100644
--- a/tinygrad/lazy.py
+++ b/tinygrad/lazy.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def create_lazybuffer(device:str, shape:Union[ShapeTracker, Tuple[int, ...]], op
   st = shape if isinstance(shape, ShapeTracker) else ShapeTracker(tuple(shape))
 
   # fromcpu aren't cached
-  if optype == LoadOps and op.op == LoadOps.FROMCPU: return LazyBuffer(device, st, optype, op, dtype)
+  if optype == LoadOps and op.op in [LoadOps.FROMCPU, LoadOps.EMPTY]: return LazyBuffer(device, st, optype, op, dtype)
 
   #print("create_lazybuffer", device, shape, optype, op, dtype)