diff --git a/common/buf/buffer_pool.go b/common/buf/buffer_pool.go
index 1c7a9ffe0..9e0cadf2c 100644
--- a/common/buf/buffer_pool.go
+++ b/common/buf/buffer_pool.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func newBytes(size uint32) []byte {
 
 func freeBytes(b []byte) {
 	size := uint32(cap(b))
+	b = b[0:cap(b)]
 	for i := numPools - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		ps := poolSize[i]
 		if size >= ps {