diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/Zstd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/Zstd.java
index 1a7c81e..0954cdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/Zstd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/Zstd.java
@@ -1531,10 +1531,15 @@ public static ByteBuffer decompress(ByteBuffer srcBuff, ZstdDictDecompress dict,
         }
     }
 
-    static final byte[] extractArray(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+    static ByteBuffer getArrayBackedBuffer(BufferPool bufferPool, int size) throws ZstdIOException {
+        ByteBuffer buffer = bufferPool.get(size);
+        if (buffer == null) {
+            throw new ZstdIOException(Zstd.errMemoryAllocation(), "Cannot get ByteBuffer of size " + size + " from the BufferPool");
+        }
         if (!buffer.hasArray() || buffer.arrayOffset() != 0) {
+            bufferPool.release(buffer);
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("provided ByteBuffer lacks array or has non-zero arrayOffset");
         }
-        return buffer.array();
+        return buffer;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer.java
index d40076b..c6061a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer.java
@@ -62,11 +62,8 @@ public ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer(InputStream inStream) throws IOException {
     public ZstdInputStreamNoFinalizer(InputStream inStream, BufferPool bufferPool) throws IOException {
         super(inStream);
         this.bufferPool = bufferPool;
-        this.srcByteBuffer = bufferPool.get(srcBuffSize);
-        if (this.srcByteBuffer == null) {
-            throw new ZstdIOException(Zstd.errMemoryAllocation(), "Cannot get ByteBuffer of size " + srcBuffSize + " from the BufferPool");
-        }
-        this.src = Zstd.extractArray(srcByteBuffer);
+        this.srcByteBuffer = Zstd.getArrayBackedBuffer(bufferPool, srcBuffSize);
+        this.src = srcByteBuffer.array();
         // memory barrier
         synchronized(this) {
             this.stream = createDStream();
@@ -244,10 +241,10 @@ public synchronized long skip(long numBytes) throws IOException {
         if (bufferLen > numBytes) {
             bufferLen = (int) numBytes;
         }
-        ByteBuffer buf = bufferPool.get(bufferLen);
+        ByteBuffer buf = Zstd.getArrayBackedBuffer(bufferPool, bufferLen);
         long toSkip = numBytes;
         try {
-            byte data[] = Zstd.extractArray(buf);
+            byte data[] = buf.array();
             while (toSkip > 0) {
                 int read = read(data, 0, (int) Math.min((long) bufferLen, toSkip));
                 if (read < 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdOutputStreamNoFinalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdOutputStreamNoFinalizer.java
index 7602ea4..a176a97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdOutputStreamNoFinalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/luben/zstd/ZstdOutputStreamNoFinalizer.java
@@ -80,11 +80,8 @@ public ZstdOutputStreamNoFinalizer(OutputStream outStream, BufferPool bufferPool
         // create compression context
         this.stream = createCStream();
         this.bufferPool = bufferPool;
-        this.dstByteBuffer = bufferPool.get(dstSize);
-        if (this.dstByteBuffer == null) {
-            throw new ZstdIOException(Zstd.errMemoryAllocation(), "Cannot get ByteBuffer of size " + dstSize + " from the BufferPool");
-        }
-        this.dst = Zstd.extractArray(dstByteBuffer);
+        this.dstByteBuffer = Zstd.getArrayBackedBuffer(bufferPool, dstSize);
+        this.dst = dstByteBuffer.array();
     }
 
     /**