diff --git a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz.c b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz.c
--- a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz.c
+++ b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz.c
@@ -210,17 +210,17 @@ oggz_close (OGGZ * oggz)
     oggz_write_close (oggz);
   } else if (OGGZ_CONFIG_READ) {
     oggz_read_close (oggz);
   }
 
   oggz_vector_foreach (oggz->streams, oggz_stream_clear);
   oggz_vector_delete (oggz->streams);
 
-  assert(oggz_dlist_is_empty(oggz->packet_buffer));
+  oggz_dlist_deliter(oggz->packet_buffer, oggz_read_free_pbuffers);
   oggz_dlist_delete(oggz->packet_buffer);
   
   if (oggz->metric_internal)
     oggz_free (oggz->metric_user_data);
 
   if (oggz->file != NULL) {
     if (fclose (oggz->file) == EOF) {
       return OGGZ_ERR_SYSTEM;
diff --git a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_private.h b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_private.h
--- a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_private.h
+++ b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_private.h
@@ -314,9 +314,12 @@ long oggz_comments_encode (OGGZ * oggz, 
 
 /* oggz_io */
 size_t oggz_io_read (OGGZ * oggz, void * buf, size_t n);
 size_t oggz_io_write (OGGZ * oggz, void * buf, size_t n);
 int oggz_io_seek (OGGZ * oggz, long offset, int whence);
 long oggz_io_tell (OGGZ * oggz);
 int oggz_io_flush (OGGZ * oggz);
 
+/* oggz_read */
+OggzDListIterResponse oggz_read_free_pbuffers(void *elem);
+
 #endif /* __OGGZ_PRIVATE_H__ */
diff --git a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_read.c b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_read.c
--- a/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_read.c
+++ b/media/liboggz/src/liboggz/oggz_read.c
@@ -248,16 +248,26 @@ void
 oggz_read_free_pbuffer_entry(OggzBufferedPacket *p) {
   
   oggz_free(p->packet.packet);
   oggz_free(p);
 
 }
 
 OggzDListIterResponse
+oggz_read_free_pbuffers(void *elem)
+{
+  OggzBufferedPacket *p = (OggzBufferedPacket *)elem;
+
+  oggz_read_free_pbuffer_entry(p);
+
+  return DLIST_ITER_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+OggzDListIterResponse
 oggz_read_update_gp(void *elem) {
 
   OggzBufferedPacket *p = (OggzBufferedPacket *)elem;
 
   if (p->calced_granulepos == -1 && p->stream->last_granulepos != -1) {
     int content = oggz_stream_get_content(p->oggz, p->serialno);
 
     /* Cancel the iteration (backwards through buffered packets)