1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index 1c6897df00..b66a2c35f2 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -150,15 +150,32 @@ bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 }
 
 /**
+ * qstring_free(): Free the memory allocated by a QString object
+ *
+ * Return: if @return_str, return the underlying string, to be
+ * g_free(), otherwise NULL is returned.
+ */
+char *qstring_free(QString *qstring, bool return_str)
+{
+    char *rv = NULL;
+
+    if (return_str) {
+        rv = qstring->string;
+    } else {
+        g_free(qstring->string);
+    }
+
+    g_free(qstring);
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
+/**
  * qstring_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a QString
  * object
  */
 void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
-    QString *qs;
-
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    qs = qobject_to(QString, obj);
-    g_free(qs->string);
-    g_free(qs);
+    qstring_free(qobject_to(QString, obj), FALSE);
 }