diff --git a/packages/fuzzer/fuzzer.test.ts b/packages/fuzzer/fuzzer.test.ts
index 0c3b8cd0..ccf55ba8 100644
--- a/packages/fuzzer/fuzzer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fuzzer/fuzzer.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ describe("compare hooks", () => {
 		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp("a", "b", "!=", 0)).toBe(true);
 		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp("a", "b", "!==", 0)).toBe(true);
 	});
+
+	it("traceStrCmp handles objects of unknown types", () => {
+		const foo = () => 5;
+		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp(foo, "foo", "==", 0)).toBe(false);
+		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp(foo, "foo", "===", 0)).toBe(false);
+		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp(foo, "foo", "!=", 0)).toBe(true);
+		expect(fuzzer.tracer.traceStrCmp(foo, "foo", "!==", 0)).toBe(true);
+	});
 });
 
 describe("incrementCounter", () => {
diff --git a/packages/fuzzer/trace.ts b/packages/fuzzer/trace.ts
index b377b186..6f96a2e8 100644
--- a/packages/fuzzer/trace.ts
+++ b/packages/fuzzer/trace.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ import { addon } from "./addon";
  * Performs a string comparison between two strings and calls the corresponding native hook if needed.
  * This function replaces the original comparison expression and preserves the semantics by returning
  * the original result after calling the native hook.
- * @param s1 first compared string
- * @param s2 second compared string
+ * @param s1 first compared string. s1 has the type `unknown` because we can only know the type at runtime.
+ * @param s2 second compared string. s2 has the type `unknown` because we can only know the type at runtime.
  * @param operator the operator used in the comparison
  * @param id an unique identifier to distinguish between the different comparisons
  * @returns result of the comparison
  */
 function traceStrCmp(
-	s1: string,
-	s2: string,
+	s1: unknown,
+	s2: unknown,
 	operator: string,
 	id: number
 ): boolean {
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ function traceStrCmp(
 			shouldCallLibfuzzer = result;
 			break;
 	}
-	if (shouldCallLibfuzzer && s1 && s2) {
+	if (
+		shouldCallLibfuzzer &&
+		s1 &&
+		s2 &&
+		typeof s1 === "string" &&
+		typeof s2 === "string"
+	) {
 		addon.traceUnequalStrings(id, s1, s2);
 	}
 	return result;