1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/path.c b/src/nvim/path.c
index 7b9081eafa..01ac88d537 100644
--- a/src/nvim/path.c
+++ b/src/nvim/path.c
@@ -1337,6 +1337,17 @@ int gen_expand_wildcards(int num_pat, char_u **pat, int *num_file, char_u ***fil
   return ((flags & EW_EMPTYOK) || ga.ga_data != NULL) ? OK : FAIL;
 }
 
+/// Free the list of files returned by expand_wildcards() or other expansion functions.
+void FreeWild(int count, char_u **files)
+{
+  if (count <= 0 || files == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+  while (count--) {
+    xfree(files[count]);
+  }
+  xfree(files);
+}
 
 /*
  * Return TRUE if we can expand this backtick thing here.