diff --git a/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/account/AccountDelete.cpp b/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/account/AccountDelete.cpp
index 8c2f23b754..815b314f9f 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/account/AccountDelete.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/account/AccountDelete.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ AccountDelete::preclaim(PreclaimContext const& ctx)
     if (!cdirFirst(ctx.view, ownerDirKeylet.key, sleDirNode, uDirEntry, dirEntry))
         return tesSUCCESS;
 
-    std::int32_t deletableDirEntryCount{0};
+    std::uint32_t deletableDirEntryCount{0};
     do
     {
         // Make sure any directory node types that we find are the kind
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/ValidatorList.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/ValidatorList.cpp
index bed91afc44..0b203114b3 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/ValidatorList.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/ValidatorList.cpp
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ ValidatorList::for_each_available(
         if (plCollection.status != PublisherStatus::available)
             continue;
         XRPL_ASSERT(
-            plCollection.maxSequence != 0,
+            plCollection.maxSequence.value_or(0) != 0,
             "xrpl::ValidatorList::for_each_available : nonzero maxSequence");
         func(
             plCollection.rawManifest,