diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.cc
index 9a1cb4415..22b8b50ff 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.cc
@@ -27,13 +27,19 @@
 namespace xe {
 namespace kernel {
 
+XObject::XObject(Type type)
+    : kernel_state_(nullptr), pointer_ref_count_(1), type_(type) {
+  handles_.reserve(10);
+}
+
 XObject::XObject(KernelState* kernel_state, Type type)
     : kernel_state_(kernel_state),
       pointer_ref_count_(1),
-      type_(type),
       guest_object_ptr_(0),
       allocated_guest_object_(false) {
-  handles_.reserve(10);
+  XObject::XObject(type);
+
+  // TODO: Assert kernel_state != nullptr in this constructor.
   if (kernel_state) {
     X_HANDLE handle;
     kernel_state->object_table()->AddHandle(this, &handle);
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.h b/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.h
index 3175ed786..b5f31379d 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.h
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xobject.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class XObject {
     kTypeTimer,
   };
 
+  XObject(Type type);
   XObject(KernelState* kernel_state, Type type);
   virtual ~XObject();
 
@@ -223,8 +224,8 @@ class XObject {
 
   // Guest pointer for kernel object. Remember: X_OBJECT_HEADER precedes this
   // if we allocated it!
-  uint32_t guest_object_ptr_;
-  bool allocated_guest_object_;
+  uint32_t guest_object_ptr_ = 0;
+  bool allocated_guest_object_ = false;
 };
 
 template <typename T>