diff --git a/src/db.cpp b/src/db.cpp
index a71bef5df..114b84297 100644
--- a/src/db.cpp
+++ b/src/db.cpp
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ void scanGenericCommand(client *c, robj_roptr o, unsigned long cursor) {
         /* Filter an element if it isn't the type we want. */
         if (!filter && o == nullptr && type){
             robj_roptr typecheck = lookupKeyReadWithFlags(c->db, kobj, LOOKUP_NOTOUCH);
-            const char* type = getObjectTypeName(typecheck);
-            if (strcasecmp((char*) type, type)) filter = 1;
+            const char* typeT = getObjectTypeName(typecheck);
+            if (strcasecmp((char*) type, typeT)) filter = 1;
         }
 
         /* Filter element if it is an expired key. */
diff --git a/tests/unit/scan.tcl b/tests/unit/scan.tcl
index 9f9ff4df2..25549c4ac 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scan.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/scan.tcl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ start_server {tags {"scan"}} {
             if {$cur == 0} break
         }
 
-        assert_equal 0 [llength $keys]
+        assert_equal 0 [llength $keys] "non-strings excluded"
 
         # Check strings are included
         set cur 0
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ start_server {tags {"scan"}} {
             if {$cur == 0} break
         }
 
-        assert_equal 1000 [llength $keys]
+        assert_equal 1000 [llength $keys] "strings included"
 
         # Check all three args work together
         set cur 0