--- crypto/openssh/kex.c.orig
+++ crypto/openssh/kex.c
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@
 	if (kex == NULL)
 		return SSH_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
 
+	ssh_dispatch_set(ssh, SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT, NULL);
 	ptr = sshpkt_ptr(ssh, &dlen);
 	if ((r = sshbuf_put(kex->peer, ptr, dlen)) != 0)
 		return r;