diff --git a/common/dataStructures/DiskFileInfo.cpp b/common/dataStructures/DiskFileInfo.cpp
index 4091f967a4e6723136b31c50a9df474fe6d4393d..c9454e5b48fca67b6da1df1290b6ea829afc07cc 100644
--- a/common/dataStructures/DiskFileInfo.cpp
+++ b/common/dataStructures/DiskFileInfo.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace dataStructures {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constructor
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DiskFileInfo::DiskFileInfo() {}
+DiskFileInfo::DiskFileInfo() : owner_uid(0), gid(0) {}
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constructor
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSessionTest.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSessionTest.cpp
index 1a15a7b90d4c36bbca5349885c489569594c64d2..9f10d83ab74c3ae5854bb4a4f26c73a2275e9520 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSessionTest.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSessionTest.cpp
@@ -459,8 +459,6 @@ TEST_P(DataTransferSessionTest, DataTransferSessionGooddayRecall) {
       rReq.requester.name = s_userName;
       rReq.requester.group = "someGroup";
       rReq.dstURL = remoteFilePaths.back();
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.owner_uid = DISK_FILE_SOME_USER;
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.gid = DISK_FILE_SOME_GROUP;
       std::list<std::string> archiveFilePaths;
       scheduler.queueRetrieve(diskInstance, rReq, logContext);
     }
@@ -666,8 +664,6 @@ TEST_P(DataTransferSessionTest, DataTransferSessionWrongRecall) {
       rReq.requester.name = s_userName;
       rReq.requester.group = "someGroup";
       rReq.dstURL = remoteFilePaths.back();
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.owner_uid = DISK_FILE_SOME_USER;
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.gid = DISK_FILE_SOME_GROUP;
       std::list<std::string> archiveFilePaths;
       scheduler.queueRetrieve(diskInstance, rReq, logContext);
     }
@@ -842,8 +838,6 @@ TEST_P(DataTransferSessionTest, DataTransferSessionRAORecall) {
       rReq.requester.name = s_userName;
       rReq.requester.group = "someGroup";
       rReq.dstURL = remoteFilePaths.back();
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.owner_uid = DISK_FILE_SOME_USER;
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.gid = DISK_FILE_SOME_GROUP;
       std::list<std::string> archiveFilePaths;
       scheduler.queueRetrieve(diskInstance, rReq, logContext);
 
@@ -1054,8 +1048,6 @@ TEST_P(DataTransferSessionTest, DataTransferSessionNoSuchDrive) {
       rReq.requester.name = s_userName;
       rReq.requester.group = "someGroup";
       rReq.dstURL = remoteFilePaths.back();
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.owner_uid = DISK_FILE_SOME_USER;
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.gid = DISK_FILE_SOME_GROUP;
       std::list<std::string> archiveFilePaths;
       scheduler.queueRetrieve(diskInstance, rReq, logContext);
     }
@@ -1203,8 +1195,6 @@ TEST_P(DataTransferSessionTest, DataTransferSessionFailtoMount) {
       rReq.requester.name = s_userName;
       rReq.requester.group = "someGroup";
       rReq.dstURL = remoteFilePaths.back();
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.owner_uid = DISK_FILE_SOME_USER;
-      rReq.diskFileInfo.gid = DISK_FILE_SOME_GROUP;
       std::list<std::string> archiveFilePaths;
       scheduler.queueRetrieve(diskInstance, rReq, logContext);
     }