diff --git a/include/vlc_http.h b/include/vlc_http.h
index ff332cfc9f499df303dbe906177b3c76dab10a86..6065e7c7f105e98030fd4aac30ed11149bc6a92f 100644
--- a/include/vlc_http.h
+++ b/include/vlc_http.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ typedef struct vlc_http_auth_t
 
 
 VLC_API void vlc_http_auth_Init( vlc_http_auth_t * );
-VLC_API void vlc_http_auth_Reset( vlc_http_auth_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_http_auth_Deinit( vlc_http_auth_t * );
 VLC_API void vlc_http_auth_ParseWwwAuthenticateHeader
             ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_http_auth_t * , const char * );
 VLC_API int vlc_http_auth_ParseAuthenticationInfoHeader
diff --git a/modules/access/http.c b/modules/access/http.c
index 5646d52b0c05416f02e6dee263454f03a25f9bb8..4e3beb65a295c4507333f5b63d9488d82e03509c 100644
--- a/modules/access/http.c
+++ b/modules/access/http.c
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ static void Close( vlc_object_t *p_this )
     access_sys_t *p_sys = p_access->p_sys;
 
     vlc_UrlClean( &p_sys->url );
-    vlc_http_auth_Reset( &p_sys->auth );
+    vlc_http_auth_Deinit( &p_sys->auth );
     if( p_sys->b_proxy )
         vlc_UrlClean( &p_sys->proxy );
-    vlc_http_auth_Reset( &p_sys->proxy_auth );
+    vlc_http_auth_Deinit( &p_sys->proxy_auth );
 
     free( p_sys->psz_mime );
     free( p_sys->psz_location );
diff --git a/src/libvlccore.sym b/src/libvlccore.sym
index 5ee84e3ace1a25dbb4efd039ad85aff6fe6e4261..64469d384f0958afd1de2c8c6f88273617e43166 100644
--- a/src/libvlccore.sym
+++ b/src/libvlccore.sym
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ GetLang_1
 GetLang_2B
 GetLang_2T
 vlc_http_auth_Init
-vlc_http_auth_Reset
+vlc_http_auth_Deinit
 vlc_http_auth_ParseWwwAuthenticateHeader
 vlc_http_auth_ParseAuthenticationInfoHeader
 vlc_http_auth_FormatAuthorizationHeader
diff --git a/src/network/http_auth.c b/src/network/http_auth.c
index b46538bc1981885051b74de9ace04b4ca08902e4..56b2cdb49424ebaabbef5993aecc917cb527247b 100644
--- a/src/network/http_auth.c
+++ b/src/network/http_auth.c
@@ -491,17 +491,15 @@ void vlc_http_auth_Init( vlc_http_auth_t *p_auth )
     memset( p_auth, 0, sizeof( *p_auth ) );
 }
 
-void vlc_http_auth_Reset( vlc_http_auth_t *p_auth )
+void vlc_http_auth_Deinit( vlc_http_auth_t *p_auth )
 {
-    p_auth->i_nonce = 0;
-
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_realm );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_domain );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_nonce );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_opaque );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_stale );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_algorithm );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_qop );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_cnonce );
-    FREENULL( p_auth->psz_HA1 );
+    free( p_auth->psz_realm );
+    free( p_auth->psz_domain );
+    free( p_auth->psz_nonce );
+    free( p_auth->psz_opaque );
+    free( p_auth->psz_stale );
+    free( p_auth->psz_algorithm );
+    free( p_auth->psz_qop );
+    free( p_auth->psz_cnonce );
+    free( p_auth->psz_HA1 );
 }