diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index c4c4cf049b2..ce42524f02d 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkRedundantAssignment()
                                   [&](const Token *rhs) {
                         if (Token::simpleMatch(rhs, "{ 0 }"))
                             return ChildrenToVisit::none;
-                        if (Token::Match(rhs, "%str%|%num%|%name%") && !rhs->varId())
+                        if (Token::Match(rhs, "%num%|%name%") && !rhs->varId())
                             return ChildrenToVisit::none;
                         if (Token::Match(rhs, ":: %name%") && rhs->hasKnownIntValue())
                             return ChildrenToVisit::none;
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index c2781cbab6c..d49d3e540d2 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -10613,6 +10613,21 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(
             "[test.cpp:2:10]: (style) Variable 'a' can be declared as pointer to const [constVariablePointer]\n",
             errout_str());
+
+        check("std::string f() {\n" // #14534
+              "    std::string s = \"abc\";\n"
+              "    s = \"def\";\n"
+              "    return s;\n"
+              "}\n"
+              "const char* g() {\n"
+              "    const char* p = \"abc\";\n"
+              "    p = \"def\";\n"
+              "    return p;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(
+            "[test.cpp:2:19] -> [test.cpp:3:7]: (style) Redundant initialization for 's'. The initialized value is overwritten before it is read. [redundantInitialization]\n"
+            "[test.cpp:7:19] -> [test.cpp:8:7]: (style) Redundant initialization for 'p'. The initialized value is overwritten before it is read. [redundantInitialization]\n",
+            errout_str());
     }
 
     void redundantVarAssignment_struct() {