diff --git a/leveldb/table.go b/leveldb/table.go
index b7759b2f..1ba78d1a 100644
--- a/leveldb/table.go
+++ b/leveldb/table.go
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ func (t *tOps) remove(fd storage.FileDesc) {
 // Closes the table ops instance. It will close all tables,
 // regadless still used or not.
 func (t *tOps) close() {
-	t.bpool.Close()
 	t.cache.Close()
 	if t.bcache != nil {
 		t.bcache.CloseWeak()
diff --git a/leveldb/util/buffer_pool.go b/leveldb/util/buffer_pool.go
index 2f3db974..53c0a80b 100644
--- a/leveldb/util/buffer_pool.go
+++ b/leveldb/util/buffer_pool.go
@@ -8,29 +8,20 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"sync"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
 
-type buffer struct {
-	b    []byte
-	miss int
-}
-
 // BufferPool is a 'buffer pool'.
 type BufferPool struct {
-	pool      [6]chan []byte
+	pool      []chan []byte
 	size      [5]uint32
 	sizeMiss  [5]uint32
 	sizeHalf  [5]uint32
 	baseline  [4]int
 	baseline0 int
 
-	mu     sync.RWMutex
-	closed bool
-	closeC chan struct{}
-
 	get     uint32
 	put     uint32
 	half    uint32
@@ -58,13 +49,6 @@ func (p *BufferPool) Get(n int) []byte {
 		return make([]byte, n)
 	}
 
-	p.mu.RLock()
-	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	if p.closed {
-		return make([]byte, n)
-	}
-
 	atomic.AddUint32(&p.get, 1)
 
 	poolNum := p.poolNum(n)
@@ -160,13 +144,6 @@ func (p *BufferPool) Put(b []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	p.mu.RLock()
-	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	if p.closed {
-		return
-	}
-
 	atomic.AddUint32(&p.put, 1)
 
 	pool := p.pool[p.poolNum(cap(b))]
@@ -177,19 +154,6 @@ func (p *BufferPool) Put(b []byte) {
 
 }
 
-func (p *BufferPool) Close() {
-	if p == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	if !p.closed {
-		p.closed = true
-		p.closeC <- struct{}{}
-	}
-	p.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
 func (p *BufferPool) String() string {
 	if p == nil {
 		return "<nil>"
@@ -199,21 +163,20 @@ func (p *BufferPool) String() string {
 		p.baseline0, p.size, p.sizeMiss, p.sizeHalf, p.get, p.put, p.half, p.less, p.equal, p.greater, p.miss)
 }
 
-func (p *BufferPool) drain() {
+func drain(pool []chan []byte, closeC <-chan struct{}) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(2 * time.Second)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			for _, ch := range p.pool {
+			for _, ch := range pool {
 				select {
 				case <-ch:
 				default:
 				}
 			}
-		case <-p.closeC:
-			close(p.closeC)
-			for _, ch := range p.pool {
+		case <-closeC:
+			for _, ch := range pool {
 				close(ch)
 			}
 			return
@@ -227,13 +190,15 @@ func NewBufferPool(baseline int) *BufferPool {
 		panic("baseline can't be <= 0")
 	}
 	p := &BufferPool{
+		pool:      make([]chan []byte, 6),
 		baseline0: baseline,
 		baseline:  [...]int{baseline / 4, baseline / 2, baseline * 2, baseline * 4},
-		closeC:    make(chan struct{}, 1),
 	}
+	closeC := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	for i, cap := range []int{2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1} {
 		p.pool[i] = make(chan []byte, cap)
 	}
-	go p.drain()
+	runtime.SetFinalizer(p, func(*BufferPool) { close(closeC) })
+	go drain(p.pool, closeC)
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/leveldb/util/buffer_pool_test.go b/leveldb/util/buffer_pool_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06af479b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leveldb/util/buffer_pool_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func checkClosed(ch chan []byte) (closed bool) {
+	defer func() {
+		x := recover()
+		if err, ok := x.(error); ok && err.Error() == "send on closed channel" {
+			closed = true
+		}
+	}()
+	select {
+	case ch <- nil:
+	default:
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func TestBufferPoolCloseByGC(t *testing.T) {
+	bpool := NewBufferPool(1024)
+	pool := bpool.pool // ref to check closed
+	buf := bpool.Get(1024)
+	if 1024 != len(buf) {
+		t.Errorf("Get() return invalid length buffer, got(%v), expect(%v)", len(buf), 1024)
+	}
+	bpool.Put(buf)
+	bpool = nil
+	runtime.GC()
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	for i, ch := range pool {
+		if !checkClosed(ch) {
+			t.Errorf("pool[%d] should be closed after GC", i)
+		}
+	}
+}