diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 1f50687d5..c9db51e25 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -3806,6 +3806,7 @@ static struct call *call_create(const str *callid) {
 	c->created = rtpe_now;
 	c->dtls_cert = dtls_cert();
 	c->tos = rtpe_config.default_tos;
+	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 d4d526607..db05823b6 100644
--- a/include/call.h
+++ b/include/call.h
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ struct call {
 	sockaddr_t		xmlrpc_callback;
 	endpoint_t		dtmf_log_dest;
 
-	unsigned int		redis_hosted_db;
+	int			redis_hosted_db;
 
 	struct recording 	*recording;
 	str			metadata;