diff --git a/lib/error.h b/lib/error.h
index c80e24d92bf..ce0f3d1a971 100644
--- a/lib/error.h
+++ b/lib/error.h
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ class ErrorReporter final {
         return warningCount;
     }
 
+    // Resets this ErrorReporter to its initial state.
+    void clear() {
+      errorCount = 0;
+      warningCount = 0;
+    }
+
     // Special error functions to be called from the parser only.
     // In the parser the IR objects don't yet have position information.
     // Use printf-format style arguments.
@@ -469,4 +475,8 @@ inline void warning(const char* format, T... args) {
     ErrorReporter::instance.warning(format, args...);
 }
 
+inline void clearErrorReporter() {
+  ErrorReporter::instance.clear();
+}
+
 #endif /* P4C_LIB_ERROR_H_ */