diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/UnusedLocalVarChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/UnusedLocalVarChecker.java
index b5f4a0b77..b9c4ea9ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/UnusedLocalVarChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/UnusedLocalVarChecker.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public void expression(final CFExpression expression, final Context context, fin
         } else if (expression instanceof CFVarDeclExpression) {
             final String name = ((CFVarDeclExpression) expression).getName();
             final int lineNo = expression.getLine() + context.startLine() - 1;
-            addLocalVariable(name, lineNo);
+            if(!scopes.isCFScoped(name)){
+                addLocalVariable(name, lineNo);
+            }
         } else if (expression instanceof CFIdentifier) {
             final String name = ((CFIdentifier) expression).getName();
             if(name != null){
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.cfc b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84f28c596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<cfcomponent>
+	<cffunction name="foo">
+		<cfset var local = {}>
+		<cfset local.stEditor = 123>
+	</cffunction>
+</cfcomponent>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.expected.txt b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff34de20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/cflint/tests/UnusedVariable/local_339.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[ {
+  "totalfiles" : 0
+}, {
+  "totalsize" : 0
+} ]
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