1 files changed, 27 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_id_delete.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_id_delete.c
index a9407860c06..43afac5a376 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_id_delete.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_id_delete.c
@@ -142,14 +142,7 @@ void BKE_id_free_ex(Main *bmain, void *idv, int flag, const bool use_flag_from_i
     DEG_id_type_tag(bmain, type);
   }
 
-#ifdef WITH_PYTHON
-#  ifdef WITH_PYTHON_SAFETY
-  BPY_id_release(id);
-#  endif
-  if (id->py_instance) {
-    BPY_DECREF_RNA_INVALIDATE(id->py_instance);
-  }
-#endif
+  BKE_libblock_free_data_py(id);
 
   Key *key = ((flag & LIB_ID_FREE_NO_MAIN) == 0) ? BKE_key_from_id(id) : NULL;
 
@@ -406,3 +399,29 @@ size_t BKE_id_multi_tagged_delete(Main *bmain)
 {
   return id_delete(bmain, true);
 }
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/** \name Python Data Handling
+ * \{ */
+
+/**
+ * In most cases #BKE_id_free_ex handles this, when lower level functions are called directly
+ * this function will need to be called too, if Python has access to the data.
+ *
+ * ID data-blocks such as #Material.nodetree are not stored in #Main.
+ */
+void BKE_libblock_free_data_py(ID *id)
+{
+#ifdef WITH_PYTHON
+#  ifdef WITH_PYTHON_SAFETY
+  BPY_id_release(id);
+#  endif
+  if (id->py_instance) {
+    BPY_DECREF_RNA_INVALIDATE(id->py_instance);
+  }
+#else
+  UNUSED_VARS(id);
+#endif
+}
+
+/** \} */