diff --git a/dht_net.go b/dht_net.go
index f6261089b..0af33f38f 100644
--- a/dht_net.go
+++ b/dht_net.go
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ import (
 var dhtReadMessageTimeout = time.Minute
 var ErrReadTimeout = fmt.Errorf("timed out reading response")
 
-type bufferedWriteCloser interface {
-	ggio.WriteCloser
-	Flush() error
-}
-
 // The Protobuf writer performs multiple small writes when writing a message.
 // We need to buffer those writes, to make sure that we're not sending a new
 // packet for every single write.
@@ -34,12 +29,26 @@ type bufferedDelimitedWriter struct {
 	ggio.WriteCloser
 }
 
-func newBufferedDelimitedWriter(str io.Writer) bufferedWriteCloser {
-	w := bufio.NewWriter(str)
-	return &bufferedDelimitedWriter{
-		Writer:      w,
-		WriteCloser: ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(w),
+var writerPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		w := bufio.NewWriter(nil)
+		return &bufferedDelimitedWriter{
+			Writer:      w,
+			WriteCloser: ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(w),
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func writeMsg(w io.Writer, mes *pb.Message) error {
+	bw := writerPool.Get().(*bufferedDelimitedWriter)
+	bw.Reset(w)
+	err := bw.WriteMsg(mes)
+	if err == nil {
+		err = bw.Flush()
 	}
+	bw.Reset(nil)
+	writerPool.Put(bw)
+	return err
 }
 
 func (w *bufferedDelimitedWriter) Flush() error {
@@ -62,7 +71,6 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) handleNewMessage(s inet.Stream) bool {
 	cr := ctxio.NewReader(ctx, s) // ok to use. we defer close stream in this func
 	cw := ctxio.NewWriter(ctx, s) // ok to use. we defer close stream in this func
 	r := ggio.NewDelimitedReader(cr, inet.MessageSizeMax)
-	w := newBufferedDelimitedWriter(cw)
 	mPeer := s.Conn().RemotePeer()
 
 	for {
@@ -118,10 +126,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) handleNewMessage(s inet.Stream) bool {
 		}
 
 		// send out response msg
-		err = w.WriteMsg(resp)
-		if err == nil {
-			err = w.Flush()
-		}
+		err = writeMsg(cw, resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			stats.Record(ctx, metrics.ReceivedMessageErrors.M(1))
 			logger.Debugf("error writing response: %v", err)
@@ -237,7 +242,6 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) messageSenderForPeer(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID) (*messa
 type messageSender struct {
 	s   inet.Stream
 	r   ggio.ReadCloser
-	w   bufferedWriteCloser
 	lk  sync.Mutex
 	p   peer.ID
 	dht *IpfsDHT
@@ -281,7 +285,6 @@ func (ms *messageSender) prep(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	ms.r = ggio.NewDelimitedReader(nstr, inet.MessageSizeMax)
-	ms.w = newBufferedDelimitedWriter(nstr)
 	ms.s = nstr
 
 	return nil
@@ -377,10 +380,7 @@ func (ms *messageSender) SendRequest(ctx context.Context, pmes *pb.Message) (*pb
 }
 
 func (ms *messageSender) writeMsg(pmes *pb.Message) error {
-	if err := ms.w.WriteMsg(pmes); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return ms.w.Flush()
+	return writeMsg(ms.s, pmes)
 }
 
 func (ms *messageSender) ctxReadMsg(ctx context.Context, mes *pb.Message) error {