diff --git a/include/libsigrok/proto.h b/include/libsigrok/proto.h
index 069e7e84..c2a8173f 100644
--- a/include/libsigrok/proto.h
+++ b/include/libsigrok/proto.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ SR_API int sr_session_destroy(struct sr_session *session);
 SR_API int sr_session_dev_remove_all(struct sr_session *session);
 SR_API int sr_session_dev_add(struct sr_session *session,
 		struct sr_dev_inst *sdi);
+SR_API int sr_session_dev_remove(struct sr_session *session,
+		struct sr_dev_inst *sdi);
 SR_API int sr_session_dev_list(struct sr_session *session, GSList **devlist);
 SR_API int sr_session_trigger_set(struct sr_session *session, struct sr_trigger *trig);
 
diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index 537c89ef..0eb86f4d 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ SR_PRIV void sr_dev_inst_free(struct sr_dev_inst *sdi)
 	}
 	g_slist_free(sdi->channel_groups);
 
+	if (sdi->session)
+		sr_session_dev_remove(sdi->session, sdi);
+
 	g_free(sdi->vendor);
 	g_free(sdi->model);
 	g_free(sdi->version);
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index f9df6e1f..6cf803dd 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -403,6 +403,45 @@ SR_API int sr_session_dev_list(struct sr_session *session, GSList **devlist)
 	return SR_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove a device instance from a session.
+ *
+ * @param session The session to remove from. Must not be NULL.
+ * @param sdi The device instance to remove from a session. Must not
+ *            be NULL. Also, sdi->driver and sdi->driver->dev_open must
+ *            not be NULL.
+ *
+ * @retval SR_OK Success.
+ * @retval SR_ERR_ARG Invalid argument.
+ *
+ * @since 0.4.0
+ */
+SR_API int sr_session_dev_remove(struct sr_session *session,
+		struct sr_dev_inst *sdi)
+{
+	if (!sdi) {
+		sr_err("%s: sdi was NULL", __func__);
+		return SR_ERR_ARG;
+	}
+
+	if (!session) {
+		sr_err("%s: session was NULL", __func__);
+		return SR_ERR_ARG;
+	}
+
+	/* If sdi->session is not session, the device is not in this
+	 * session. */
+	if (sdi->session != session) {
+		sr_err("%s: not assigned to this session", __func__);
+		return SR_ERR_ARG;
+	}
+
+	session->devs = g_slist_remove(session->devs, sdi);
+	sdi->session = NULL;
+
+	return SR_OK;
+}
+
 /**
  * Remove all datafeed callbacks in a session.
  *