diff --git a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gmm.c b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gmm.c
index 03773a6..abda327 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gmm.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gmm.c
@@ -181,34 +181,14 @@
 	msgb_nsei(msg) = mm->nsei;
 }
 
-static void delete_pdp_contexts(struct sgsn_mm_ctx *ctx, const char *log_text)
-{
-	struct sgsn_pdp_ctx *pdp, *pdp2;
-
-	/* delete all existing PDP contexts for this MS */
-	llist_for_each_entry_safe(pdp, pdp2, &ctx->pdp_list, list) {
-		LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_NOTICE, ctx,
-			  "Dropping PDP context for NSAPI=%u due to %s\n",
-			  pdp->nsapi, log_text);
-		sgsn_pdp_ctx_terminate(pdp);
-	}
-}
-
 static void mm_ctx_cleanup_free(struct sgsn_mm_ctx *ctx, const char *log_text)
 {
-	struct gprs_llc_llme *llme = ctx->llme;
-	uint32_t tlli = ctx->tlli;
+	LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_INFO, ctx, "Cleaning MM context due to %s\n", log_text);
 
 	/* Mark MM state as deregistered */
 	ctx->mm_state = GMM_DEREGISTERED;
 
-	delete_pdp_contexts(ctx, log_text);
-
-	sgsn_mm_ctx_free(ctx);
-	ctx = NULL;
-
-	/* TLLI unassignment, must be called after sgsn_mm_ctx_free */
-	gprs_llgmm_assign(llme, tlli, 0xffffffff, GPRS_ALGO_GEA0, NULL);
+	sgsn_mm_ctx_cleanup_free(ctx);
 }
 
 /* Chapter 9.4.18 */
diff --git a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
index 14b9254..555be57 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
@@ -186,14 +186,36 @@
 {
 	struct sgsn_pdp_ctx *pdp, *pdp2;
 
+	/* Unlink from global list of MM contexts */
+	llist_del(&mm->list);
+
+	/* Free all PDP contexts */
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(pdp, pdp2, &mm->pdp_list, list)
+		sgsn_pdp_ctx_free(pdp);
+
+	rate_ctr_group_free(mm->ctrg);
+
+	talloc_free(mm);
+}
+
+void sgsn_mm_ctx_cleanup_free(struct sgsn_mm_ctx *mm)
+{
+	struct gprs_llc_llme *llme = mm->llme;
+	uint32_t tlli = mm->tlli;
+	struct sgsn_pdp_ctx *pdp, *pdp2;
+
+	/* delete all existing PDP contexts for this MS */
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(pdp, pdp2, &mm->pdp_list, list) {
+		LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_NOTICE, mm,
+			  "Dropping PDP context for NSAPI=%u\n", pdp->nsapi);
+		sgsn_pdp_ctx_terminate(pdp);
+	}
+
 	if (osmo_timer_pending(&mm->timer)) {
 		LOGMMCTXP(LOGL_INFO, mm, "Cancelling MM timer %u\n", mm->T);
 		osmo_timer_del(&mm->timer);
 	}
 
-	/* Unlink from global list of MM contexts */
-	llist_del(&mm->list);
-
 	/* Detach from subscriber which is possibly freed then */
 	if (mm->subscr) {
 		struct gsm_subscriber *subscr = subscr_get(mm->subscr);
@@ -201,15 +223,14 @@
 		subscr_put(subscr);
 	}
 
-	/* Free all PDP contexts */
-	llist_for_each_entry_safe(pdp, pdp2, &mm->pdp_list, list)
-		sgsn_pdp_ctx_free(pdp);
-	
-	rate_ctr_group_free(mm->ctrg);
+	sgsn_mm_ctx_free(mm);
+	mm = NULL;
 
-	talloc_free(mm);
+	/* TLLI unassignment, must be called after sgsn_mm_ctx_free */
+	gprs_llgmm_assign(llme, tlli, 0xffffffff, GPRS_ALGO_GEA0, NULL);
 }
 
+
 /* look up PDP context by MM context and NSAPI */
 struct sgsn_pdp_ctx *sgsn_pdp_ctx_by_nsapi(const struct sgsn_mm_ctx *mm,
 					   uint8_t nsapi)