peer_protocol/decoder_test.go | 3 ++-

diff --git a/peer_protocol/decoder_test.go b/peer_protocol/decoder_test.go
index 0662e18122b4fd107f44ca95dca4efb71c884318..348f8247e67848eb92d6c7b93ebff6c3a022c974 100644
--- a/peer_protocol/decoder_test.go
+++ b/peer_protocol/decoder_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ 		R:         bufio.NewReader(r),
 		MaxLength: 1 << 18,
 		Pool: &sync.Pool{
 			New: func() interface{} {
-				return make([]byte, pieceLen)
+				b := make([]byte, pieceLen)
+				return &b
 			},
 		},
 	}