diff --git a/src/types/redis_string.cc b/src/types/redis_string.cc
index 7a39cef6abb..f75fe6bb852 100644
--- a/src/types/redis_string.cc
+++ b/src/types/redis_string.cc
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ rocksdb::Status String::GetEx(const std::string &user_key, std::string *value, u
 
   LockGuard guard(storage_->GetLockManager(), ns_key);
   rocksdb::Status s = getValue(ns_key, value);
-  if (!s.ok() && s.IsNotFound()) return s;
+  if (!s.ok()) return s;
 
   std::string raw_data;
   Metadata metadata(kRedisString, false);
diff --git a/tests/gocase/unit/type/strings/strings_test.go b/tests/gocase/unit/type/strings/strings_test.go
index ac36fa5aef8..4b7bf4b28d4 100644
--- a/tests/gocase/unit/type/strings/strings_test.go
+++ b/tests/gocase/unit/type/strings/strings_test.go
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ func TestString(t *testing.T) {
 		util.ErrorRegexp(t, rdb.Do(ctx, "getex").Err(), ".*wrong number of arguments*.")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("GETEX against wrong type", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rdb.Del(ctx, "foo")
+		rdb.LPush(ctx, "foo", "bar")
+		util.ErrorRegexp(t, rdb.Do(ctx, "getex", "foo").Err(), ".*WRONGTYPE.*")
+		require.EqualValues(t, 1, rdb.Exists(ctx, "foo").Val())
+		require.Equal(t, "list", rdb.Type(ctx, "foo").Val())
+	})
+
 	t.Run("GETDEL command", func(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, rdb.Del(ctx, "foo").Err())
 		require.NoError(t, rdb.Set(ctx, "foo", "bar", 0).Err())