3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c
index b6ee50fe2d..48a6b45cda 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ static int parse_string(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, const char *str)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void free_string(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop)
+{
+    qemu_free(*(char **)qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop));
+}
+
 static int print_string(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, char *dest, size_t len)
 {
     char **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
@@ -274,6 +279,7 @@ PropertyInfo qdev_prop_string = {
     .size  = sizeof(char*),
     .parse = parse_string,
     .print = print_string,
+    .free  = free_string,
 };
 
 /* --- drive --- */
diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index aa2ce0121d..29f6e9fcd5 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev)
 void qdev_free(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     BusState *bus;
+    Property *prop;
 
     if (dev->state == DEV_STATE_INITIALIZED) {
         while (dev->num_child_bus) {
@@ -349,6 +350,11 @@ void qdev_free(DeviceState *dev)
     }
     qemu_unregister_reset(qdev_reset, dev);
     QLIST_REMOVE(dev, sibling);
+    for (prop = dev->info->props; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
+        if (prop->info->free) {
+            prop->info->free(dev, prop);
+        }
+    }
     qemu_free(dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 7c25a9414e..51a24e271c 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct PropertyInfo {
     enum PropertyType type;
     int (*parse)(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, const char *str);
     int (*print)(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, char *dest, size_t len);
+    void (*free)(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop);
 };
 
 typedef struct GlobalProperty {