diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 8889aaa37976ea336df1a71fa0dfd8652e40c603..5018a13e9c99c366c8aa66dfeaa3cfbbc05e9851 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2692,6 +2692,7 @@ virResctrlInfoNew;
 virResctrlMonitorAddPID;
 virResctrlMonitorCreate;
 virResctrlMonitorDeterminePath;
+virResctrlMonitorFreeStats;
 virResctrlMonitorGetCacheOccupancy;
 virResctrlMonitorGetID;
 virResctrlMonitorNew;
diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.c b/src/util/virresctrl.c
index 326831080dda613f543676d1ff191f935639f1ac..6ffd71fe7cb4111f7834c705f7312a20224e4aee 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.c
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.c
@@ -2747,6 +2747,22 @@ virResctrlMonitorGetStats(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
 }
 
 
+void
+virResctrlMonitorFreeStats(virResctrlMonitorStatsPtr *stats,
+                           size_t nstats)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+
+    if (!stats)
+        return;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nstats; i++)
+        VIR_FREE(stats[i]);
+
+    VIR_FREE(stats);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * virResctrlMonitorGetCacheOccupancy
  *
diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.h b/src/util/virresctrl.h
index e2ed4ee74a59edc369a6a180b608dea97fb317be..8ea9758b947d92474989f275a267a81ac244ca23 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.h
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.h
@@ -231,4 +231,8 @@ int
 virResctrlMonitorGetCacheOccupancy(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
                                    virResctrlMonitorStatsPtr **stats,
                                    size_t *nstats);
+
+void
+virResctrlMonitorFreeStats(virResctrlMonitorStatsPtr *stats,
+                           size_t nstats);
 #endif /*  __VIR_RESCTRL_H__ */