diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index 7f766871f6..b1a557a28e 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -3066,6 +3066,18 @@ nm_utils_fd_read_loop_exact(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+void
+nm_utils_named_value_clear_with_g_free(NMUtilsNamedValue *val)
+{
+    if (val) {
+        gs_free gpointer x_name  = NULL;
+        gs_free gpointer x_value = NULL;
+
+        x_name  = (gpointer) g_steal_pointer(&val->name);
+        x_value = g_steal_pointer(&val->value_ptr);
+    }
+}
+
 G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_STRUCT_OFFSET(NMUtilsNamedValue, name) == 0);
 
 NMUtilsNamedValue *
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index 1e2c482549..df3f55195c 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1460,6 +1460,8 @@ void nm_utils_named_value_list_sort(NMUtilsNamedValue *arr,
                                     GCompareDataFunc   compare_func,
                                     gpointer           user_data);
 
+void nm_utils_named_value_clear_with_g_free(NMUtilsNamedValue *val);
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 gpointer *nm_utils_hash_keys_to_array(GHashTable *     hash,