diff --git a/sys/include/net/ng_pktbuf.h b/sys/include/net/ng_pktbuf.h
index 8b965b8d2b2f74b19cdc59395c69bc133e5a7a0a..90fe1946c14cf06e652f2e001edd35de3ba55455 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/ng_pktbuf.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/ng_pktbuf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "cpu-conf.h"
 #include "net/ng_pkt.h"
 #include "net/ng_nettype.h"
+#include "utlist.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -166,6 +167,19 @@ void ng_pktbuf_release(ng_pktsnip_t *pkt);
  */
 ng_pktsnip_t *ng_pktbuf_start_write(ng_pktsnip_t *pkt);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Deletes a snip from a packet and the packet buffer.
+ *
+ * @param[in] pkt   A packet.
+ * @param[in] snip  A snip in the packet.
+ */
+static inline void ng_pktbuf_remove_snip(ng_pktsnip_t *pkt, ng_pktsnip_t *snip)
+{
+    LL_DELETE(pkt, snip);
+    snip->next = NULL;
+    ng_pktbuf_release(snip);
+}
+
 #ifdef DEVELHELP
 /**
  * @brief   Prints some statistics about the packet buffer to stdout.