diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
index 6cf1886cff..1cac1d0c94 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ void SessionRequestHandler::ClientDisconnected(SharedPtr<ServerSession> server_s
     boost::range::remove_erase(connected_sessions, server_session);
 }
 
+HLERequestContext::HLERequestContext(SharedPtr<ServerSession> session)
+    : session(std::move(session)) {
+    cmd_buf[0] = 0;
+}
+
 HLERequestContext::~HLERequestContext() = default;
 
 SharedPtr<Object> HLERequestContext::GetIncomingHandle(u32 id_from_cmdbuf) const {
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index cbb109d8f9..35795fc1dc 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ protected:
  */
 class HLERequestContext {
 public:
+    HLERequestContext(SharedPtr<ServerSession> session);
     ~HLERequestContext();
 
     /// Returns a pointer to the IPC command buffer for this request.
@@ -118,14 +119,14 @@ public:
      */
     void ClearIncomingObjects();
 
-private:
-    friend class Service::ServiceFrameworkBase;
-
+    /// Populates this context with data from the requesting process/thread.
     ResultCode PopulateFromIncomingCommandBuffer(const u32_le* src_cmdbuf, Process& src_process,
                                                  HandleTable& src_table);
+    /// Writes data from this context back to the requesting process/thread.
     ResultCode WriteToOutgoingCommandBuffer(u32_le* dst_cmdbuf, Process& dst_process,
                                             HandleTable& dst_table) const;
 
+private:
     std::array<u32, IPC::COMMAND_BUFFER_LENGTH> cmd_buf;
     SharedPtr<ServerSession> session;
     // TODO(yuriks): Check common usage of this and optimize size accordingly
diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
index 791a65c19b..6754cfeeaf 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ void ServiceFrameworkBase::HandleSyncRequest(SharedPtr<ServerSession> server_ses
 
     // TODO(yuriks): The kernel should be the one handling this as part of translation after
     // everything else is migrated
-    Kernel::HLERequestContext context;
-    context.session = std::move(server_session);
+    Kernel::HLERequestContext context(std::move(server_session));
     context.PopulateFromIncomingCommandBuffer(cmd_buf, *Kernel::g_current_process,
                                               Kernel::g_handle_table);