2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wsutil/buffer.c b/wsutil/buffer.c
index 7d9d44b1b4..5108ee8905 100644
--- a/wsutil/buffer.c
+++ b/wsutil/buffer.c
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ ws_buffer_append_buffer(Buffer* buffer, Buffer* src_buffer)
 }
 #endif
 
+void
+ws_buffer_cleanup(void)
+{
+	if (small_buffers) {
+		g_ptr_array_set_free_func(small_buffers, g_free);
+		g_ptr_array_free(small_buffers, TRUE);
+		small_buffers = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Editor modelines  -  http://www.wireshark.org/tools/modelines.html
  *
diff --git a/wsutil/buffer.h b/wsutil/buffer.h
index d8047cd1fd..34caf2a332 100644
--- a/wsutil/buffer.h
+++ b/wsutil/buffer.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ WS_DLL_PUBLIC
 void ws_buffer_append(Buffer* buffer, guint8 *from, gsize bytes);
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC
 void ws_buffer_remove_start(Buffer* buffer, gsize bytes);
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void ws_buffer_cleanup(void);
 
 #ifdef SOME_FUNCTIONS_ARE_DEFINES
 # define ws_buffer_clean(buffer) ws_buffer_remove_start((buffer), ws_buffer_length(buffer))