diff --git a/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword.cs b/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword.cs
index 4e6366bff..4a69c6812 100644
--- a/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword.cs
+++ b/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword.cs
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string fileName)
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (hasPwd && (!paramType.IsArray && (paramType == typeof(String) || paramType == typeof(object)))
-                              || (paramType.IsArray && (paramType.GetElementType() == typeof(String) || paramType.GetElementType() == typeof(object))))
+                if (hasPwd && ((!paramType.IsArray && (paramType == typeof(String) || paramType == typeof(object)))
+                              || (paramType.IsArray && (paramType.GetElementType() == typeof(String) || paramType.GetElementType() == typeof(object)))))
                 {
                     yield return new DiagnosticRecord(
                         String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Strings.AvoidUsingPlainTextForPasswordError, paramAst.Name),
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPasswordNoViolations.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPasswordNoViolations.ps1
index 3203dc0f4..0de5015ac 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPasswordNoViolations.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingPlainTextForPasswordNoViolations.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
     [securestring]
 	$passwordparam,
     [string]
-    $PassThru
+    $PassThru,
+    [string[]]
+    $shouldnotraiseerror
     )
 
     Begin