diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f8ad71fe..dc76cc9ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- [#1888] AS3 - missing casts in declarations
 
 ## [18.3.2] - 2023-01-10
 ### Removed
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/clauses/DeclarationAVM2Item.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/clauses/DeclarationAVM2Item.java
index 539a5afa6..a363e0abd 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/clauses/DeclarationAVM2Item.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/clauses/DeclarationAVM2Item.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class DeclarationAVM2Item extends AVM2Item {
                 coerType = ((ConvertAVM2Item) ssti.value).type;
             }
             //strip coerce if its declared as this type
-            if (coerType.equals(type) && !coerType.equals(TypeItem.UNBOUNDED)) {
+            if ((ssti.value instanceof CoerceAVM2Item) && coerType.equals(type) && !coerType.equals(TypeItem.UNBOUNDED)) {
                 val = val.value;
             }
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class DeclarationAVM2Item extends AVM2Item {
                 coerType = ((ConvertAVM2Item) spti.value).type;
             }
             //strip coerce if its declared as this type
-            if (coerType.equals(type) && !coerType.equals(TypeItem.UNBOUNDED)) {
+            if ((spti.value instanceof CoerceAVM2Item) && coerType.equals(type) && !coerType.equals(TypeItem.UNBOUNDED)) {
                 val = val.value;
             }