diff --git a/tests/api/test_rc2.c b/tests/api/test_rc2.c
index 8f0d143ca5..10b7194e4c 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_rc2.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_rc2.c
@@ -284,3 +284,28 @@ int test_wc_Rc2Cbc_MonteCarlo(void)
 #endif
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
+
+/*
+ * Testing function for wc_Rc2Free().
+ */
+int test_wc_Rc2Free(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#ifdef WC_RC2
+    Rc2  rc2;
+    byte key[] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05 };
+    byte iv[]  = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 };
+    byte zero[sizeof(rc2)];
+
+    XMEMSET(&rc2, 0, sizeof(rc2));
+    XMEMSET(zero, 0, sizeof(zero));
+
+    wc_Rc2Free(NULL);
+
+    ExpectIntEQ(wc_Rc2SetKey(&rc2, key, (word32)sizeof(key), iv, 40), 0);
+    ExpectIntNE(XMEMCMP(&rc2, zero, sizeof(rc2)), 0);
+    wc_Rc2Free(&rc2);
+    ExpectIntEQ(XMEMCMP(&rc2, zero, sizeof(rc2)), 0);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
diff --git a/tests/api/test_rc2.h b/tests/api/test_rc2.h
index 124adbbc2e..acdd08e3ae 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_rc2.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_rc2.h
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ int test_wc_Rc2SetIV(void);
 int test_wc_Rc2EcbEncryptDecrypt(void);
 int test_wc_Rc2CbcEncryptDecrypt(void);
 int test_wc_Rc2Cbc_MonteCarlo(void);
+int test_wc_Rc2Free(void);
 
 #define TEST_RC2_DECLS                                      \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2SetKey),              \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2SetIV),               \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2EcbEncryptDecrypt),   \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2CbcEncryptDecrypt),   \
-    TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2Cbc_MonteCarlo)
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2Cbc_MonteCarlo),      \
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("rc2", test_wc_Rc2Free)
 
 #endif /* WOLFCRYPT_TEST_RC2_H */
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/rc2.c b/wolfcrypt/src/rc2.c
index 4816d15165..dde4b67330 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/rc2.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/rc2.c
@@ -348,5 +348,13 @@ int wc_Rc2CbcDecrypt(Rc2* rc2, byte* out, const byte* in, word32 sz)
 }
 
 
+void wc_Rc2Free(Rc2* rc2)
+{
+    if (rc2 == NULL)
+        return;
+    ForceZero(rc2, sizeof(Rc2));
+}
+
+
 #endif /* WC_RC2 */
 
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_encrypt.c b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_encrypt.c
index 9e131dc768..240011ac04 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_encrypt.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_encrypt.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int wc_CryptKey(const char* password, int passwordSz, const byte* salt,
                     else
                         ret = wc_Rc2CbcDecrypt(&rc2, input, input, length);
                 }
-                ForceZero(&rc2, sizeof(Rc2));
+                wc_Rc2Free(&rc2);
                 break;
             }
     #endif
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/rc2.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/rc2.h
index 9beff3c8c6..c64fffd968 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/rc2.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/rc2.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wc_Rc2CbcEncrypt(Rc2* rc2, byte* out,
 WOLFSSL_API int wc_Rc2CbcDecrypt(Rc2* rc2, byte* out,
                                  const byte* in, word32 sz);
 
+WOLFSSL_API void wc_Rc2Free(Rc2* rc2);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
     } /* extern "C" */
 #endif