diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-HDFS-EC-7285.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-HDFS-EC-7285.txt
index 673fbab6ab..f087bb4835 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-HDFS-EC-7285.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES-HDFS-EC-7285.txt
@@ -382,3 +382,6 @@
 
     HDFS-8202. Improve end to end stirpping file test to add erasure recovering
     test. (Xinwei Qin via zhz)
+
+    HDFS-8804. Erasure Coding: use DirectBufferPool in DFSStripedInputStream for
+    buffer allocation. (jing9)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSStripedInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSStripedInputStream.java
index 1f64d4ed4a..36120635b2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSStripedInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSStripedInputStream.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECSchema;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.rawcoder.RawErasureDecoder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.DirectBufferPool;
 
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ void skip() {
     }
   }
 
+  private static final DirectBufferPool bufferPool = new DirectBufferPool();
+
   private final BlockReaderInfo[] blockReaders;
   private final int cellSize;
   private final short dataBlkNum;
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ void skip() {
   private final int groupSize;
   /** the buffer for a complete stripe */
   private ByteBuffer curStripeBuf;
+  private ByteBuffer parityBuf;
   private final ECSchema schema;
   private final RawErasureDecoder decoder;
 
@@ -177,12 +181,20 @@ void skip() {
 
   private void resetCurStripeBuffer() {
     if (curStripeBuf == null) {
-      curStripeBuf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(cellSize * dataBlkNum);
+      curStripeBuf = bufferPool.getBuffer(cellSize * dataBlkNum);
     }
     curStripeBuf.clear();
     curStripeRange = new StripeRange(0, 0);
   }
 
+  private ByteBuffer getParityBuffer() {
+    if (parityBuf == null) {
+      parityBuf = bufferPool.getBuffer(cellSize * parityBlkNum);
+    }
+    parityBuf.clear();
+    return parityBuf;
+  }
+
   /**
    * When seeking into a new block group, create blockReader for each internal
    * block in the group.
@@ -204,6 +216,19 @@ private synchronized void blockSeekTo(long target) throws IOException {
     currentLocatedBlock = targetBlockGroup;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
+    super.close();
+    if (curStripeBuf != null) {
+      bufferPool.returnBuffer(curStripeBuf);
+      curStripeBuf = null;
+    }
+    if (parityBuf != null) {
+      bufferPool.returnBuffer(parityBuf);
+      parityBuf = null;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Extend the super method with the logic of switching between cells.
    * When reaching the end of a cell, proceed to the next cell and read it
@@ -830,8 +855,10 @@ boolean prepareParityChunk(int index) throws IOException {
       }
       final int decodeIndex = StripedBlockUtil.convertIndex4Decode(index,
           dataBlkNum, parityBlkNum);
-      decodeInputs[decodeIndex] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
-          (int) alignedStripe.range.spanInBlock);
+      ByteBuffer buf = getParityBuffer().duplicate();
+      buf.position(cellSize * decodeIndex);
+      buf.limit(cellSize * decodeIndex + (int) alignedStripe.range.spanInBlock);
+      decodeInputs[decodeIndex] = buf.slice();
       alignedStripe.chunks[index] = new StripingChunk(decodeInputs[decodeIndex]);
       return true;
     }