diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index e8862cd4f91b41999de2ba8022026013dd01b51f..1278aa2e9af6103441649566e1ff4d4762155256 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ static int p9_fcall_init(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_fcall *fc,
 	if (!fc->sdata)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	fc->capacity = alloc_msize;
+	fc->id = 0;
+	fc->tag = P9_NOTAG;
 	return 0;
 }