diff --git a/lib/krb5/deprecated.c b/lib/krb5/deprecated.c
index bc7a389c8..ecc46615f 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/deprecated.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/deprecated.c
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@
 
 #ifndef HEIMDAL_SMALLER
 
+/**
+ * Same as krb5_data_free().
+ *
+ * @param context Kerberos 5 context.
+ * @param data krb5_data to free.
+ *
+ * @ingroup krb5
+ */
+
+void KRB5_LIB_FUNCTION
+krb5_free_data_contents(krb5_context context, krb5_data *data)
+  KRB5_DEPRECATED
+{
+    krb5_data_free(data);
+}
+
 /*
  * First take the configured list of etypes for `keytype' if available,
  * else, do `krb5_keytype_to_enctypes'.