diff --git a/components/equihash/tromp/equi_miner.c b/components/equihash/tromp/equi_miner.c
index 8f6edc0410..b0ec26ddba 100644
--- a/components/equihash/tromp/equi_miner.c
+++ b/components/equihash/tromp/equi_miner.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ typedef struct equi equi;
 
     eq->blake_ctx = eq->blake2b_clone(ctx);
     memset(eq->nslots, 0, NBUCKETS * sizeof(au32)); // only nslots[0] needs zeroing
+    equi_clearslots(eq);
     eq->nsols = 0;
   }
   void equi_clearslots(equi *eq) {