diff --git a/weed/util/mem/slot_pool.go b/weed/util/mem/slot_pool.go
index a871188b5..e6680d3cb 100644
--- a/weed/util/mem/slot_pool.go
+++ b/weed/util/mem/slot_pool.go
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ func getSlotPool(size int) *sync.Pool {
 }
 
 func Allocate(size int) []byte {
-	return make([]byte, size)
 	slab := *getSlotPool(size).Get().(*[]byte)
 	return slab[:size]
 }
 
 func Free(buf []byte) {
-	return
 	getSlotPool(cap(buf)).Put(&buf)
 }