diff --git a/lib/checktype.cpp b/lib/checktype.cpp
index 65162374a69..ad5fb4584da 100644
--- a/lib/checktype.cpp
+++ b/lib/checktype.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ void CheckType::checkLongCast()
             rhstype->originalTypeName.empty() &&
             (lhstype->type == ValueType::Type::LONG || lhstype->type == ValueType::Type::LONGLONG) &&
             lhstype->pointer == 0U &&
-            lhstype->constness == 1U &&
             lhstype->originalTypeName.empty() &&
             isSmallerTypeSize(rhstype, lhstype, mTokenizer))
             longCastAssignError(tok);
diff --git a/test/testtype.cpp b/test/testtype.cpp
index 6d003ad7d44..42c30561b0a 100644
--- a/test/testtype.cpp
+++ b/test/testtype.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,12 @@ class TestType : public TestFixture {
         check(code, settingsWin);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("long f(int x, int y) {\n"
+              "  long ret = x * y;\n"
+              "  return ret;\n"
+              "}\n", settings);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) int result is assigned to long variable. If the variable is long to avoid loss of information, then you have loss of information.\n", errout.str());
+
         check("long f() {\n"
               "  const long long ret = 256 * (1 << 10);\n"
               "  return ret;\n"