diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
index 40f059ce8..d17e7a845 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 		val := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
 
 		// Some percentage values have a "%" suffix that we need to get rid of before int/float conversion
-		num_val := strings.TrimSuffix(val, "%")
+		val = strings.TrimSuffix(val, "%")
 
 		// Try parsing as int
-		if ival, err := strconv.ParseInt(num_val, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		if ival, err := strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64); err == nil {
 			switch name {
 			case "keyspace_hits":
 				keyspace_hits = ival
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 		}
 
 		// Try parsing as a float
-		if fval, err := strconv.ParseFloat(num_val, 64); err == nil {
+		if fval, err := strconv.ParseFloat(val, 64); err == nil {
 			fields[metric] = fval
 			continue
 		}