diff --git a/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py b/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
index fa108cc50..48a57f095 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/symbols/intermed.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ class ISFormatTable(interfaces.symbols.SymbolTableInterface, metaclass = ABCMeta
                  table_mapping: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[str, str]] = None) -> None:
         self._json_object = json_object
         self._validate_json()
+        self.name = self._check_type(name, str)
         nt = native_types or self._get_natives()
         if nt is None:
             raise ValueError("Native table not provided")
diff --git a/volatility/framework/symbols/native.py b/volatility/framework/symbols/native.py
index 8e92eb477..ba026df46 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/symbols/native.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/symbols/native.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class NativeTable(interfaces.symbols.NativeTableInterface):
             self._overrides[native_type] = native_class
         # Create this once early, because it may get used a lot
         self._types = set(self._native_dictionary).union(
-            {'enum', 'array', 'bitfield', 'void', 'pointer', 'string', 'bytes', 'function'})
+            {'enum', 'array', 'bitfield', 'void', 'string', 'bytes', 'function'})
 
     def get_type_class(self, name: str) -> typing.Type[interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface]:
         ntype, _ = self._native_dictionary.get(name, (objects.Integer, None))