diff --git a/src/zeroconf/_dns.pxd b/src/zeroconf/_dns.pxd
index 2d50c07a0..b28f73237 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/_dns.pxd
+++ b/src/zeroconf/_dns.pxd
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ cdef class DNSRRSet:
     cpdef suppresses(self, DNSRecord record)
 
     @cython.locals(lookup=cython.dict)
-    cdef _get_lookup(self)
+    cdef cython.dict _get_lookup(self)
diff --git a/src/zeroconf/_dns.py b/src/zeroconf/_dns.py
index 3764edf72..ada6e9df4 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/_dns.py
+++ b/src/zeroconf/_dns.py
@@ -538,4 +538,6 @@ def suppresses(self, record: _DNSRecord) -> bool:
         information held in this record."""
         lookup = self._get_lookup()
         other_ttl = lookup.get(record)
-        return bool(other_ttl and other_ttl > (record.ttl / 2))
+        if other_ttl is None:
+            return False
+        return other_ttl > (record.ttl / 2)
diff --git a/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.pxd b/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.pxd
index 79130d8a2..4233c810f 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.pxd
+++ b/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.pxd
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ cdef class DNSIncoming:
 
     cdef bint _did_read_others
     cdef public unsigned int flags
-    cdef unsigned int offset
+    cdef object offset
     cdef public bytes data
     cdef unsigned int _data_len
-    cdef public object name_cache
+    cdef public cython.dict name_cache
     cdef public object questions
     cdef object _answers
     cdef public object id
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ cdef class DNSIncoming:
         off=cython.uint,
         label_idx=cython.uint,
         length=cython.uint,
-        link=cython.uint
+        link=cython.uint,
+        link_data=cython.uint
     )
-    cdef _decode_labels_at_offset(self, unsigned int off, cython.list labels, object seen_pointers)
+    cdef _decode_labels_at_offset(self, unsigned int off, cython.list labels, cython.set seen_pointers)
 
     cdef _read_header(self)
 
diff --git a/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py b/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py
index 9996b37c9..9c0c39a2d 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py
+++ b/src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py
@@ -353,7 +353,9 @@ def _decode_labels_at_offset(self, off: int, labels: List[str], seen_pointers: S
                 )
 
             # We have a DNS compression pointer
-            link = (length & 0x3F) * 256 + self.data[off + 1]
+            link_data = self.data[off + 1]
+            link = (length & 0x3F) * 256 + link_data
+            lint_int = int(link)
             if link > self._data_len:
                 raise IncomingDecodeError(
                     f"DNS compression pointer at {off} points to {link} beyond packet from {self.source}"
@@ -362,15 +364,16 @@ def _decode_labels_at_offset(self, off: int, labels: List[str], seen_pointers: S
                 raise IncomingDecodeError(
                     f"DNS compression pointer at {off} points to itself from {self.source}"
                 )
-            if link in seen_pointers:
+            if lint_int in seen_pointers:
                 raise IncomingDecodeError(
                     f"DNS compression pointer at {off} was seen again from {self.source}"
                 )
-            linked_labels = self.name_cache.get(link, [])
+            linked_labels = self.name_cache.get(lint_int)
             if not linked_labels:
-                seen_pointers.add(link)
+                linked_labels = []
+                seen_pointers.add(lint_int)
                 self._decode_labels_at_offset(link, linked_labels, seen_pointers)
-                self.name_cache[link] = linked_labels
+                self.name_cache[lint_int] = linked_labels
             labels.extend(linked_labels)
             if len(labels) > MAX_DNS_LABELS:
                 raise IncomingDecodeError(