diff --git a/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/length_field.go b/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/length_field.go
index da199a7..7d864f6 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/length_field.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/length_field.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package sarama
 
-import "encoding/binary"
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"sync"
+)
 
 // LengthField implements the PushEncoder and PushDecoder interfaces for calculating 4-byte lengths.
 type lengthField struct {
@@ -8,6 +11,20 @@
 	length      int32
 }
 
+var lengthFieldPool = sync.Pool{}
+
+func acquireLengthField() *lengthField {
+	val := lengthFieldPool.Get()
+	if val != nil {
+		return val.(*lengthField)
+	}
+	return &lengthField{}
+}
+
+func releaseLengthField(m *lengthField) {
+	lengthFieldPool.Put(m)
+}
+
 func (l *lengthField) decode(pd packetDecoder) error {
 	var err error
 	l.length, err = pd.getInt32()