diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 3216f00d1..c94fe0582 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -4067,6 +4067,7 @@ static call_t *call_create(const str *callid) {
 	c->dtls_cert = dtls_cert();
 	c->tos = rtpe_config.default_tos;
 	c->poller = rtpe_get_poller();
+	c->redis_hosted_db = -1;
 	if (rtpe_config.cpu_affinity)
 		c->cpu_affinity = call_socket_cpu_affinity++ % rtpe_config.cpu_affinity;
 	else
diff --git a/include/call.h b/include/call.h
index 009a2b9af..596fa600b 100644
--- a/include/call.h
+++ b/include/call.h
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ struct call {
 	sockaddr_t		xmlrpc_callback;
 	endpoint_t		dtmf_log_dest;
 
-	unsigned int		redis_hosted_db;
+	int			redis_hosted_db;
 	atomic64		last_redis_update;
 
 	struct recording 	*recording;