diff --git a/include/kore/kore.h b/include/kore/kore.h
index ee124f6..c09d8eb 100644
--- a/include/kore/kore.h
+++ b/include/kore/kore.h
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ void		*kore_calloc(size_t, size_t);
 void		*kore_realloc(void *, size_t);
 void		kore_free(void *);
 void		kore_mem_init(void);
+void		kore_free_zero(void *);
 void		kore_mem_cleanup(void);
 void		kore_mem_untag(void *);
 void		*kore_mem_lookup(u_int32_t);
diff --git a/src/mem.c b/src/mem.c
index beed187..1f5f76d 100644
--- a/src/mem.c
+++ b/src/mem.c
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ kore_realloc(void *ptr, size_t len)
 		nptr = mem_alloc(len);
 	} else {
 		mem = meminfo(ptr);
-		if (len == mem->len)
+		if (len <= mem->len)
 			return (ptr);
 		nptr = mem_alloc(len);
-		memcpy(nptr, ptr, MIN(len, mem->len));
-		kore_free(ptr);
+		memcpy(nptr, ptr, mem->len);
+		kore_free_zero(ptr);
 	}
 
 	return (nptr);
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ kore_calloc(size_t memb, size_t len)
 	return (ptr);
 }
 
+void
+kore_free_zero(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct meminfo		*mem;
+
+	if (ptr == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	mem = meminfo(ptr);
+	kore_mem_zero(ptr, mem->len);
+
+	kore_free(ptr);
+}
+
 void
 kore_free(void *ptr)
 {