diff --git a/ohkami/src/request/mod.rs b/ohkami/src/request/mod.rs
index 1cccadf7..0209b053 100644
--- a/ohkami/src/request/mod.rs
+++ b/ohkami/src/request/mod.rs
@@ -189,14 +189,16 @@ impl Request {
     #[cfg(any(feature="rt_tokio",feature="rt_async-std"))]
     #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn clear(&mut self) {
-        for b in &mut *self.__buf__ {
-            match b {0 => break, _ => *b = 0}
-        }
-        self.path  = Path::uninit();
-        self.query = None;
-        self.headers.clear();
-        self.payload = None;
-        self.store.clear();
+        if self.__buf__[0] != 0 {
+            for b in &mut *self.__buf__ {
+                match b {0 => break, _ => *b = 0}
+            }
+            self.path  = Path::uninit();
+            self.query = None;
+            self.headers.clear();
+            self.payload = None;
+            self.store.clear();
+        } /* else: just after `init`ed or `clear`ed */
     }
 
     #[cfg(any(feature="rt_tokio",feature="rt_async-std"))]
diff --git a/ohkami/src/session/mod.rs b/ohkami/src/session/mod.rs
index fb6ff4c3..4b31c375 100644
--- a/ohkami/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/ohkami/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ impl Session {
             let mut req = Request::init();
             let mut req = unsafe {Pin::new_unchecked(&mut req)};
             loop {
+                req.clear();
                 match req.as_mut().read(&mut self.connection).await {
                     Ok(Some(())) => {
                         let close = matches!(req.headers.Connection(), Some("close" | "Close"));
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ impl Session {
                     Ok(None) => break Upgrade::None,
                     Err(res) => {res.send(&mut self.connection).await;},
                 }
-                req.clear()
             }
         }).await {
             Some(Upgrade::None) | None => {