diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 5c3890a0c9..d6013a6a4c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan verifychain()
         },
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
-    const int check_level(request.params[0].isNull() ? DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL : request.params[0].get_int());
+    const int check_level{request.params[0].isNull() ? DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL : request.params[0].get_int()};
     const int check_depth{request.params[1].isNull() ? DEFAULT_CHECKBLOCKS : request.params[1].get_int()};
 
     const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index fd9bf01d89..1644549a3c 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static const int DEFAULT_STOPATHEIGHT = 0;
 /** Block files containing a block-height within MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP of ActiveChain().Tip() will not be pruned. */
 static const unsigned int MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP = 288;
 static const signed int DEFAULT_CHECKBLOCKS = 6;
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL = 3;
+static constexpr int DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL{3};
 
 // Require that user allocate at least 945 MiB for block & undo files (blk???.dat and rev???.dat)
 // At 2B MiB per block, 288 blocks = 576 MiB.