diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 3dd7c0ea9..44fa2d493 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static int if_addr_parse(intf_config_q *q, char *s, struct ifaddrs *ifas) {
 static int redis_ep_parse(endpoint_t *ep, int *db, char **hostname, char **auth, const char *auth_env, char *s) {
 	char *sl, *sp;
 	long l;
-	char buf[255]; // max length due to RFC standards
 
 	sl = strrchr(s, '@');
 	if (sl) {
diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 0abd1603e..b34664e15 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@ static int redis_connect(struct redis *r, int wait, bool resolve) {
 		if (sockaddr_getaddrinfo(&a, r->hostname))
 			ilog(LOG_WARN, "Failed to re-resolve remote server hostname: '%s'. Just use older one: '%s'.",
 					r->hostname, r->host);
-		else
+		else {
 			sockaddr_print(&a, r->host, sizeof(r->host));
 			r->endpoint.address = a;
+		}
 	}
 
 	r->ctx = redisConnectWithTimeout(r->host, r->endpoint.port, tv);