diff --git a/lib/stream.c b/lib/stream.c
index cf9af4d3bb..50ee9a5d56 100644
--- a/lib/stream.c
+++ b/lib/stream.c
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ struct stream *stream_dupcat(struct stream *s1, struct stream *s2,
 	return new;
 }
 
-size_t stream_resize(struct stream *s, size_t newsize)
+size_t stream_resize_inplace(struct stream **sptr, size_t newsize)
+{
+	return stream_resize_orig(*sptr, newsize);
+}
+
+size_t stream_resize_orig(struct stream *s, size_t newsize)
 {
 	uint8_t *newdata;
 	STREAM_VERIFY_SANE(s);
diff --git a/lib/stream.h b/lib/stream.h
index e808f039c6..e8cd76362e 100644
--- a/lib/stream.h
+++ b/lib/stream.h
@@ -154,7 +154,14 @@ extern struct stream *stream_new(size_t);
 extern void stream_free(struct stream *);
 extern struct stream *stream_copy(struct stream *, struct stream *src);
 extern struct stream *stream_dup(struct stream *);
-extern size_t stream_resize(struct stream *, size_t);
+
+#if CONFDATE > 20190821
+CPP_NOTICE("lib: time to remove stream_resize_orig")
+#endif
+extern size_t stream_resize_orig(struct stream *s, size_t newsize);
+#define stream_resize stream_resize_orig
+extern size_t stream_resize_inplace(struct stream **sptr, size_t newsize);
+
 extern size_t stream_get_getp(struct stream *);
 extern size_t stream_get_endp(struct stream *);
 extern size_t stream_get_size(struct stream *);