diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
index 5317fa923a3..baf0ed1689f 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ private static void IsExpression(SonarSyntaxNodeReportingContext analysisContext
         var isExpression = (BinaryExpressionSyntax)analysisContext.Node;
         if (isExpression.Right is TypeSyntax castType
             && isExpression.GetFirstNonParenthesizedParent() is IfStatementSyntax parentIfStatement
-            && analysisContext.SemanticModel.GetSymbolInfo(castType).Symbol is INamedTypeSymbol castTypeSymbol
-            && castTypeSymbol.TypeKind != TypeKind.Struct)
+            && analysisContext.SemanticModel.GetSymbolInfo(castType).Symbol is INamedTypeSymbol castTypeSymbol)
         {
             ReportPatternAtMainVariable(analysisContext, isExpression.Left, isExpression.GetLocation(), parentIfStatement.Statement, castType, ReplaceWithAsAndNullCheckMessage);
         }
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp12.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp12.cs
index e5d655f2a0f..f2661e14c3b 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp12.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp12.cs
@@ -6,32 +6,32 @@ class WithAliasAnyType
 {
     void ValidCases(Person person)
     {
-        _ = (Person)person;           // Compliant: not a duplicated cast
+        _ = (Person)person;             // Compliant: not a duplicated cast
     }
 
     void InvalidCases(object obj)
     {
-        if (obj is Person)            // FN: Person is alias for a struct
+        if (obj is Person)              // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (Person)obj;
+            _ = (Person)obj;            // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is (string, string))  // FN: (string, string) and Person are equivalent
+        if (obj is (string, string))    // FN: (string, string) and Person are equivalent
         {
             _ = (Person)obj;
         }
 
-        if (obj is Person)            // FN: Person and (string, string) are equivalent
+        if (obj is Person)              // FN: Person and (string, string) are equivalent
         {
             _ = ((string, string))obj;
         }
 
-        if (obj is Person)            // FN: Person and (string ..., string) are equivalent
+        if (obj is Person)              // FN: Person and (string ..., string) are equivalent
         {
             _ = ((string differentName1, string))obj;
         }
 
-        if (obj is Person)            // FN: Person and (string, string ...) are equivalent
+        if (obj is Person)              // FN: Person and (string, string ...) are equivalent
         {
             _ = ((string, string differentName2))obj;
         }
@@ -53,32 +53,32 @@ class Repro_223
 {
     void NumericTypes(object obj)
     {
-        if (obj is int)             // FN
+        if (obj is int)             // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (int)obj;
+            _ = (int)obj;           // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is double)          // FN
+        if (obj is double)          // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (double)obj;
+            _ = (double)obj;        // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is ushort)          // FN
+        if (obj is ushort)          // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (ushort)obj;
+            _ = (ushort)obj;        // Secondary
         }
     }
 
     void NullableValueTypes(object obj)
     {
-        if (obj is int?)             // FN
+        if (obj is int?)            // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (int?)obj;
+            _ = (int?)obj;          // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is byte?)            // FN
+        if (obj is byte?)           // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (byte?)obj;
+            _ = (byte?)obj;         // Secondary
         }
     }
 
@@ -112,30 +112,30 @@ void UsingLanguageKeywordAndFrameworkName(object obj)
 
     void Enums(object obj)
     {
-        if (obj is AnEnum)    // Noncompliant
+        if (obj is AnEnum)      // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (AnEnum)obj;  // Secondary
+            _ = (AnEnum)obj;    // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is AnEnum?)   // FN
+        if (obj is AnEnum?)     // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (AnEnum?)obj;
+            _ = (AnEnum?)obj;   // Secondary
         }
     }
 
     void UserDefinedStructs(object obj)
     {
-        if (obj is AStruct)            // FN
+        if (obj is AStruct)             // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (AStruct)obj;
+            _ = (AStruct)obj;           // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is ARecordStruct)      // FN
+        if (obj is ARecordStruct)       // Noncompliant
         {
-            _ = (ARecordStruct)obj;
+            _ = (ARecordStruct)obj;     // Secondary
         }
 
-        if (obj is AReadonlyRefStruct) // FN
+        if (obj is AReadonlyRefStruct)  // FN
         {
             _ = (AStruct)obj;
         }
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp9.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp9.cs
index fd460bad078..50c2a2200ee 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp9.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.CSharp9.cs
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ public void Bar(object x, object y)
 
         public void FooBar(object x)
         {
-            if (x is nuint)
+            if (x is nuint)         // Noncompliant
             {
-                var res = (nuint)x; // Compliant because we are casting to a ValueType
+                var res = (nuint)x; // Secondary
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
index acc2aea409e..c6c6dca53f9 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/CastShouldNotBeDuplicated.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 class Fruit { }
+struct SomeStruct { }
 
 class Program
 {
@@ -37,11 +38,16 @@ public void Bar(object x)
 
     }
 
-    public void FooBar(object x)
+    public void WithStructs(object x)
     {
-        if (x is int)
+        if (x is int)           // Noncompliant
         {
-            var res = (int)x; // Compliant because we are casting to a ValueType
+            var res = (int)x;   // Secondary
+        }
+
+        if (x is SomeStruct)            // Noncompliant
+        {
+            var res = (SomeStruct)x;    // Secondary
         }
     }