diff --git a/selftest/knownfail.d/smb1_negprot_tcon b/selftest/knownfail.d/smb1_negprot_tcon
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f620948c31..00000000000
--- a/selftest/knownfail.d/smb1_negprot_tcon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-^samba3.smbtorture_s3.smb1.SMB1-NEGOTIATE-TCON.smbtorture\(fileserver_smb1\)
diff --git a/source3/smbd/smb2_process.c b/source3/smbd/smb2_process.c
index 99e30481491..d55f80646ac 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/smb2_process.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/smb2_process.c
@@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ bool init_smb1_request(struct smb_request *req,
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	*req = (struct smb_request) { .cmd = 0};
+
 	req->request_time = timeval_current();
 	now = timeval_to_nttime(&req->request_time);
 
@@ -749,18 +751,13 @@ bool init_smb1_request(struct smb_request *req,
 	req->encrypted = encrypted;
 	req->sconn = sconn;
 	req->xconn = xconn;
-	req->conn = NULL;
 	if (xconn != NULL) {
 		status = smb1srv_tcon_lookup(xconn, req->tid, now, &tcon);
 		if (NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
 			req->conn = tcon->compat;
 		}
 	}
-	req->chain_fsp = NULL;
-	req->smb2req = NULL;
-	req->chain = NULL;
 	req->posix_pathnames = lp_posix_pathnames();
-	req->session = (void *)0xDEADBEEF;
 
 	/* Ensure we have at least wct words and 2 bytes of bcc. */
 	if (smb_size + req->wct*2 > req_size) {
@@ -779,7 +776,6 @@ bool init_smb1_request(struct smb_request *req,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	req->outbuf = NULL;
 	return true;
 }