diff --git a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.c b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.c
index cf2055c68cb..34c4acd75c3 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.c
+++ b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.c
@@ -580,6 +580,11 @@ intel_perf_config(struct intel_perf_context *ctx)
    return ctx->perf;
 }
 
+void intel_perf_free_context(struct intel_perf_context *perf_ctx)
+{
+   ralloc_free(perf_ctx);
+}
+
 void
 intel_perf_init_context(struct intel_perf_context *perf_ctx,
                         struct intel_perf_config *perf_cfg,
diff --git a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.h b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.h
index 4b1e3e201e6..cbf4db4363b 100644
--- a/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.h
+++ b/src/intel/perf/intel_perf_query.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ intel_perf_read_oa_stream(struct intel_perf_context *perf_ctx,
 
 struct intel_perf_context *intel_perf_new_context(void *parent);
 
+void intel_perf_free_context(struct intel_perf_context *perf_ctx);
+
 void intel_perf_init_context(struct intel_perf_context *perf_ctx,
                              struct intel_perf_config *perf_cfg,
                              void * mem_ctx, /* ralloc context */