diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
index fa0a6218e..5a44e025f 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-client.go
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) StatInfoFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path
 		return stat, err
 	}
 	rd := msgpNewReader(respReader)
+	defer readMsgpReaderPool.Put(rd)
 	for {
 		var st StatInfo
 		err = st.DecodeMsg(rd)