diff --git a/src/fundamental/iovec-util-fundamental.h b/src/fundamental/iovec-util-fundamental.h
index fbdd76398d..707274f86e 100644
--- a/src/fundamental/iovec-util-fundamental.h
+++ b/src/fundamental/iovec-util-fundamental.h
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ static inline void iovec_done(struct iovec *iovec) {
         iovec->iov_len = 0;
 }
 
+static inline void iovec_done_many_and_free(struct iovec *iovec, size_t n) {
+        if (n > 0) {
+                assert(iovec);
+                FOREACH_ARRAY(j, iovec, n)
+                        iovec_done(j);
+        }
+        free(iovec);
+}
+
 static inline bool iovec_is_set(const struct iovec *iovec) {
         /* Checks if the iovec points to a non-empty chunk of memory */
         return iovec && iovec->iov_len > 0 && iovec->iov_base;