diff --git a/pkg/rpc/snappy.go b/pkg/rpc/snappy.go
index d0b571d5ad6c..4169f0ff687c 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/snappy.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/snappy.go
@@ -17,19 +17,33 @@ package rpc
 import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 )
 
+// NB: The grpc.{Compressor,Decompressor} implementations need to be goroutine
+// safe as multiple goroutines may be using the same compressor/decompressor
+// for different streams on the same connection.
+var snappyWriterPool sync.Pool
+var snappyReaderPool sync.Pool
+
 type snappyCompressor struct {
 }
 
 func (snappyCompressor) Do(w io.Writer, p []byte) error {
-	z := snappy.NewBufferedWriter(w)
-	if _, err := z.Write(p); err != nil {
-		return err
+	z, ok := snappyWriterPool.Get().(*snappy.Writer)
+	if !ok {
+		z = snappy.NewBufferedWriter(w)
+	} else {
+		z.Reset(w)
+	}
+	_, err := z.Write(p)
+	if err == nil {
+		err = z.Flush()
 	}
-	return z.Close()
+	snappyWriterPool.Put(z)
+	return err
 }
 
 func (snappyCompressor) Type() string {
@@ -40,7 +54,15 @@ type snappyDecompressor struct {
 }
 
 func (snappyDecompressor) Do(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
-	return ioutil.ReadAll(snappy.NewReader(r))
+	z, ok := snappyReaderPool.Get().(*snappy.Reader)
+	if !ok {
+		z = snappy.NewReader(r)
+	} else {
+		z.Reset(r)
+	}
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(z)
+	snappyReaderPool.Put(z)
+	return b, err
 }
 
 func (snappyDecompressor) Type() string {