diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/Pipeliner.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/Pipeliner.java
index c9ea8a9..22e89d8 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/Pipeliner.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/Pipeliner.java
@@ -90,4 +90,11 @@
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clean up internal state of the pipeliner.
+     * Implementation is pipeliner specific.
+     */
+    default void cleanUp() {
+    }
+
 }