diff --git a/test/test_lazybuffer.py b/test/test_lazybuffer.py
index 7bdf351fb431b..5e36f5650f9db 100644
--- a/test/test_lazybuffer.py
+++ b/test/test_lazybuffer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import unittest
 from tinygrad import Tensor, Device, dtypes
-from tinygrad.lazy import LazyBuffer, ReduceOps
+from tinygrad.lazy import LazyBuffer, ReduceOps, LoadOps
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule
 
 class TestLazyBuffer(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -92,5 +92,26 @@ def test_split_reduce_kernel_dim1(self):
     for s in sched:
       assert s.ast[0].src[0].op is ReduceOps.SUM
 
+class TestView(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_all_masked_out(self):
+    # start with non CONST LoadOps
+    a = Tensor.rand(10, 10)
+    assert a.lazydata.base.op is not LoadOps.CONST
+
+    # all masked out, degrades to const 0
+    b = a.pad(((0, 10), None))[10:]
+    assert b.shape == (10, 10)
+    assert b.lazydata.base.op is LoadOps.CONST and b.lazydata.base.arg == 0
+
+    # mask out dim = 1 works too
+    b = a.pad((None, (0, 10)))[:, 10:]
+    assert b.shape == (10, 10)
+    assert b.lazydata.base.op is LoadOps.CONST and b.lazydata.base.arg == 0
+
+    # partial masked out does not degrade into CONST
+    b = a.pad(((0, 5), None))[5:]
+    assert b.shape == (10, 10)
+    assert b.lazydata.base.op is not LoadOps.CONST
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/lazy.py b/tinygrad/lazy.py
index 80c72ad971a83..ce45adf453127 100644
--- a/tinygrad/lazy.py
+++ b/tinygrad/lazy.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def r(self, op:ReduceOps, axis:Tuple[int, ...]) -> LazyBuffer:
   # *** movement ops ***
 
   def _view(self, new_st:ShapeTracker) -> LazyBuffer:
-    if self.st.size == 0 or (new_st.views[-1].mask is not None and all((x[1]-x[0]) == 0 for x in new_st.views[-1].mask)):
+    if self.st.size == 0 or (new_st.views[-1].mask is not None and any((x[1]-x[0]) == 0 for x in new_st.views[-1].mask)):
       return self.const(0, new_st.shape)
     if new_st.contiguous and self.base.shape == new_st.shape: return self.base
     return create_lazybuffer(self.device, new_st, self.dtype, base=self.base)