diff --git a/epan/wmem/wmem_list.c b/epan/wmem/wmem_list.c
index df9f07ceee..592d51b432 100644
--- a/epan/wmem/wmem_list.c
+++ b/epan/wmem/wmem_list.c
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ wmem_list_new(wmem_allocator_t *allocator)
     return list;
 }
 
+void
+wmem_destroy_list(wmem_list_t *list)
+{
+    wmem_list_frame_t *cur, *next;
+
+    cur = list->head;
+
+    while (cur) {
+        next = cur->next;
+        wmem_free(list->allocator, cur);
+        cur = next;
+    }
+
+    wmem_free(list->allocator, list);
+}
+
 /*
  * Editor modelines  -  http://www.wireshark.org/tools/modelines.html
  *
diff --git a/epan/wmem/wmem_list.h b/epan/wmem/wmem_list.h
index 65bd0073db..a753070a47 100644
--- a/epan/wmem/wmem_list.h
+++ b/epan/wmem/wmem_list.h
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ wmem_list_t *
 wmem_list_new(wmem_allocator_t *allocator)
 G_GNUC_MALLOC;
 
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void
+wmem_destroy_list(wmem_list_t *list);
+
 /**   @}
  *  @} */
 
diff --git a/epan/wmem/wmem_queue.h b/epan/wmem/wmem_queue.h
index c79489402c..90090c01d2 100644
--- a/epan/wmem/wmem_queue.h
+++ b/epan/wmem/wmem_queue.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ typedef wmem_list_t wmem_queue_t;
 
 #define wmem_queue_new(ALLOCATOR) wmem_list_new(ALLOCATOR)
 
+#define wmem_destroy_queue(QUEUE) wmem_destroy_list(QUEUE)
+
 /**   @}
  *  @} */
 
diff --git a/epan/wmem/wmem_stack.h b/epan/wmem/wmem_stack.h
index e2435c9b96..7cc667126b 100644
--- a/epan/wmem/wmem_stack.h
+++ b/epan/wmem/wmem_stack.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ wmem_stack_pop(wmem_stack_t *stack);
 
 #define wmem_stack_new(ALLOCATOR) wmem_list_new(ALLOCATOR)
 
+#define wmem_destroy_stack(STACK) wmem_destroy_list(STACK)
+
 /**   @}
  *  @} */
 
diff --git a/epan/wmem/wmem_test.c b/epan/wmem/wmem_test.c
index 00139ef4a7..6e83e4b322 100644
--- a/epan/wmem/wmem_test.c
+++ b/epan/wmem/wmem_test.c
@@ -593,6 +593,13 @@ wmem_test_list(void)
     }
 
     wmem_destroy_allocator(allocator);
+
+    list = wmem_list_new(NULL);
+    for (i=0; i<CONTAINER_ITERS; i++) {
+        wmem_list_prepend(list, GINT_TO_POINTER(i));
+    }
+    g_assert(wmem_list_count(list) == CONTAINER_ITERS);
+    wmem_destroy_list(list);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -623,6 +630,8 @@ wmem_test_queue(void)
     }
     g_assert(wmem_queue_count(queue) == 0);
 
+    wmem_destroy_queue(queue);
+
     wmem_destroy_allocator(allocator);
 }
 
@@ -654,6 +663,8 @@ wmem_test_stack(void)
     }
     g_assert(wmem_stack_count(stack) == 0);
 
+    wmem_destroy_stack(stack);
+
     wmem_destroy_allocator(allocator);
 }