diff --git a/batch.go b/batch.go
index f9f3e5227..19dcef8cd 100644
--- a/batch.go
+++ b/batch.go
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@ func (batch *Batch) close() (err error) {
 
 	batch.conn = nil
 	batch.lock = nil
+
 	if batch.msgs != nil {
 		batch.msgs.discard()
 	}
 
+	if batch.msgs != nil && batch.msgs.decompressed != nil {
+		releaseBuffer(batch.msgs.decompressed)
+		batch.msgs.decompressed = nil
+	}
+
 	if err = batch.err; errors.Is(batch.err, io.EOF) {
 		err = nil
 	}
diff --git a/message_reader.go b/message_reader.go
index 35e1067f2..cf9c0c36d 100644
--- a/message_reader.go
+++ b/message_reader.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type messageSetReader struct {
 	// This is used to detect truncation of the response.
 	lengthRemain int
 
-	decompressed bytes.Buffer
+	decompressed *bytes.Buffer
 }
 
 type readerStack struct {
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func newMessageSetReader(reader *bufio.Reader, remain int) (*messageSetReader, e
 			reader: reader,
 			remain: remain,
 		},
+		decompressed: acquireBuffer(),
 	}
 	err := res.readHeader()
 	return res, err
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func (r *messageSetReader) readMessageV1(min int64, key readBytesFunc, val readB
 				// Allocate a buffer of size 0, which gets capped at 16 bytes
 				// by the bufio package. We are already reading buffered data
 				// here, no need to reserve another 4KB buffer.
-				reader: bufio.NewReaderSize(&r.decompressed, 0),
+				reader: bufio.NewReaderSize(r.decompressed, 0),
 				remain: r.decompressed.Len(),
 				base:   offset,
 				parent: r.readerStack,
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ func (r *messageSetReader) readMessageV2(_ int64, key readBytesFunc, val readByt
 			}
 			r.remain -= batchRemain - int(limitReader.N)
 			r.readerStack = &readerStack{
-				reader: bufio.NewReaderSize(&r.decompressed, 0), // the new stack reads from the decompressed buffer
+				reader: bufio.NewReaderSize(r.decompressed, 0), // the new stack reads from the decompressed buffer
 				remain: r.decompressed.Len(),
 				base:   -1, // base is unused here
 				parent: r.readerStack,