diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
index 757c70980f..4fa20993a5 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
@@ -951,7 +951,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.SNES
 		{
 			int size = LibsnesDll.snes_serialize_size();
 			if (data.Length != size)
-				throw new Exception("Libsnes internal savestate size mismatch!");		
+				throw new Exception("Libsnes internal savestate size mismatch!");
+			LibsnesDll.snes_init();
 			fixed (byte* pbuf = &data[0])
 				LibsnesDll.snes_unserialize(new IntPtr(pbuf), size);
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll
index be31526a73..4ca11bfc4a 100644
Binary files a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll and b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll differ
diff --git a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
index c11e4f70b8..d1efa8c53c 100644
--- a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
+++ b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void snes_set_cartridge_basename(const char *basename) {
 
 template<typename T> inline void reconstruct(T* t) { 
 	t->~T();
+	memset(t,0,sizeof(*t));
 	new(t) T();
 }