diff --git a/include/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h b/include/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h
index a96aaeae58ce..3394e9923584 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
 
 	int allocate(Stream *stream);
 	int free(Stream *stream);
+	void freeAll();
 
 	bool allocated() const { return !buffers_.empty(); }
 	const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>> &buffers(Stream *stream) const;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.cpp b/src/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.cpp
index 2fbba37a1b0b..8dbe94ad1ce6 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ int FrameBufferAllocator::free(Stream *stream)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Free all the buffers previously allocated
+ */
+void FrameBufferAllocator::freeAll()
+{
+	buffers_.clear();
+}
+
 /**
  * \fn FrameBufferAllocator::allocated()
  * \brief Check if the allocator has allocated buffers for any stream