diff --git a/pkg/proxy/net/packetio.go b/pkg/proxy/net/packetio.go
index 72342ee7..1f09dd6e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/net/packetio.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/net/packetio.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiproxy/lib/config"
@@ -42,6 +43,19 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidSequence = errors.New("invalid sequence")
 )
 
+var (
+	readerPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() any {
+			return bufio.NewReaderSize(nil, DefaultConnBufferSize)
+		},
+	}
+	writerPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() any {
+			return bufio.NewWriterSize(nil, DefaultConnBufferSize)
+		},
+	}
+)
+
 const (
 	DefaultConnBufferSize = 32 * 1024
 )
@@ -86,16 +100,27 @@ type basicReadWriter struct {
 	inBytes  uint64
 	outBytes uint64
 	sequence uint8
+	pooled   bool
 }
 
 func newBasicReadWriter(conn net.Conn, bufferSize int) *basicReadWriter {
 	if bufferSize == 0 {
 		bufferSize = DefaultConnBufferSize
 	}
-	return &basicReadWriter{
-		Conn:       conn,
-		ReadWriter: bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReaderSize(conn, bufferSize), bufio.NewWriterSize(conn, bufferSize)),
+	brw := &basicReadWriter{
+		Conn: conn,
+	}
+	if bufferSize == DefaultConnBufferSize {
+		r := readerPool.Get().(*bufio.Reader)
+		r.Reset(conn)
+		w := writerPool.Get().(*bufio.Writer)
+		w.Reset(conn)
+		brw.ReadWriter = bufio.NewReadWriter(r, w)
+		brw.pooled = true
+	} else {
+		brw.ReadWriter = bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReaderSize(conn, bufferSize), bufio.NewWriterSize(conn, bufferSize))
 	}
+	return brw
 }
 
 func (brw *basicReadWriter) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
@@ -153,6 +178,22 @@ func (brw *basicReadWriter) ResetSequence() {
 	brw.sequence = 0
 }
 
+func (brw *basicReadWriter) Free() {
+	if brw.pooled {
+		brw.pooled = false
+		brw.ReadWriter.Reader.Reset(nil)
+		brw.ReadWriter.Writer.Reset(nil)
+		readerPool.Put(brw.ReadWriter.Reader)
+		writerPool.Put(brw.ReadWriter.Writer)
+	}
+}
+
+func (brw *basicReadWriter) Close() error {
+	err := brw.Conn.Close()
+	brw.Free()
+	return err
+}
+
 func (brw *basicReadWriter) TLSConnectionState() tls.ConnectionState {
 	return tls.ConnectionState{}
 }
@@ -496,6 +537,7 @@ func (p *packetIO) Close() error {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	*/
+
 	if err := p.readWriter.Close(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
 		errs = append(errs, errors.WithStack(err))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/net/packetio_test.go b/pkg/proxy/net/packetio_test.go
index 15110884..9f59b7fb 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/net/packetio_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/net/packetio_test.go
@@ -719,3 +719,55 @@ func runForwardBenchmark(b *testing.B, f func(packetIO1, packetIO2 *packetIO)) {
 	_ = packetIO2.Close()
 	wg.Wait()
 }
+
+func TestPacketIOPooling(t *testing.T) {
+	testTCPConn(t,
+		func(t *testing.T, cli *packetIO) {
+			brw, ok := cli.readWriter.(*basicReadWriter)
+			require.True(t, ok)
+			require.True(t, brw.pooled, "pooled flag should be true for default buffer size")
+
+			require.NoError(t, cli.WritePacket([]byte("pooltest"), true))
+		},
+		func(t *testing.T, srv *packetIO) {
+			brw, ok := srv.readWriter.(*basicReadWriter)
+			require.True(t, ok)
+			require.True(t, brw.pooled, "pooled flag should be true for default buffer size")
+
+			data, err := srv.ReadPacket()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, []byte("pooltest"), data)
+		},
+		1,
+	)
+
+	lg, _ := logger.CreateLoggerForTest(t)
+	cli, srv := net.Pipe()
+	cliIO := NewPacketIO(cli, lg, DefaultConnBufferSize*2)
+	srvIO := NewPacketIO(srv, lg, DefaultConnBufferSize*2)
+	brw, ok := cliIO.readWriter.(*basicReadWriter)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.False(t, brw.pooled, "pooled flag should be false for non-default buffer size")
+	_ = cliIO.Close()
+	_ = srvIO.Close()
+
+	testTCPConn(t,
+		func(t *testing.T, cli *packetIO) {
+			require.NoError(t, cli.Close())
+			require.NoError(t, cli.Close())
+		},
+		func(t *testing.T, srv *packetIO) {
+			require.NoError(t, srv.Close())
+			require.NoError(t, srv.Close())
+		},
+		1,
+	)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		c1, c2 := net.Pipe()
+		p1 := NewPacketIO(c1, lg, DefaultConnBufferSize)
+		p2 := NewPacketIO(c2, lg, DefaultConnBufferSize)
+		_ = p1.Close()
+		_ = p2.Close()
+	}
+}